Serenely full, the epicure would say, Fate cannot harm me; I have dined to-day.
Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
Source: Recipe for Salad. P. 374.
Contributed by: Zaady
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.
Soup and fish explain half the emotions in life.
Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best.
Source: Lady Holland's Memoir. Vol. i. P. 130.
Madam, I have been looking for a person that dislikes gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.