Exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much, and had nothing to think about. – George Santayana

That old English saying: After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile. – Thomas Cogan, Haven of Health (1588)

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better…A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. – Calvin Trillin