There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.

Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.

Let me have men about me that are fat, sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights. Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.

Obesity is a condition which proves that the Lord does not help those who help themselves and help themselves and help themselves.

I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.

I have always wanted a mistress who was fat, and I have never found one. To make a fool of me, they are always pregnant.