The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

To eat at another's table is your ambition's height.
[Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.]

To eat at another's table is your ambition's height.
[Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.]

'Tis not her coldness, father,
That chills my labouring breast;
It's that confounded cucumber
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'Tis not her coldness, father,
That chills my labouring breast;
It's that confounded cucumber
I've ate and can't digest.

A dinner lubricates business.

A dinner lubricates business.

Better halfe a loafe than no bread.

Better halfe a loafe than no bread.

See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In
amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?

'Tis not the food, but the content,
That makes the table's merriment.

'Tis not the food, but the content,
That makes the table's merriment.

Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same
abundance as your good fortunes are; and read more

You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same
abundance as your good fortunes are; and yet for aught I see,
they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve
with nothing.