Sir Toby Belch. Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale? Feste. Yes, by Saint Anne, an...d ginger shall be hot i'the mouth, too.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be mad...e as cakes are, by a fixed receipt.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
So you wish to conquer in the Olympic games, my friend? And I too, by the Gods, and a fine thing it would be! But first mark the c...onditions and the consequences, and then set to work. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or no, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and from wine at your will; in a word, to give yourself over to the trainer as to a physician. Then in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, or to be severely thrashed, and, after all these things, to be defeated.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Evening attend two "fandangos." Girls not very pretty but exceedingly graceful. [You] pay a dime for a figure and refreshments for... your doxy, who instead of eating prudently stores her cakes, etc., in a basket to be taken home for the family.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds and bowers, Of April, May, of June and July-flowers;... I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes, Of bridegrooms, brides and of their bridal cakes; I write of youth, of love, and have access By these to sing of cleanly wantonness;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have no doubt that they lived pretty much the same sort of life in the Homeric age, for men have always thought more of eating t...han of fighting; then, as now, their minds ran chiefly on the "hot bread and sweet cakes;" and the fur and lumber trade is an old story to Asia and Europe.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputatio...n for cynicism.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »