“What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?”

“If man be sensible and one fine morning, while he is lying in bed,counts at the tips of his fingers how many things in this life truly willgive him enjoyment, invariably he will find food is the first one.”

“Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.”

“If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.”

“There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence. ”

“Scholars who are worth anything at all never know what is call "a hard grind" or what "bitter study" means.”

“There is a certain proper and luxurious way of lying in bed. Confucius, that great artist of life, "never lay straight" in bed, "like a corpse", but always curled up on one side. I believe one of the greatest pleasures of life is to curl up one's legs in bed. The posture of the arms is also very important, in order to reach the greatest degree of aesthetic pleasure and mental power. I believe the best posture is not lying flat on the bed, but being upholstered with big soft pillows at an angle of thirty degrees with either one arm or both arms placed behind the back of one's head.”