In The Importance of Living Lin humorously writes: "I find that those people who agree with me in believing in lying in bed as one of the greatest pleasures of life are the honest men, while those who do not believe in lying in bed are liars and actually lie a lot in the daytime, morally and physically."
林語堂在《生活的藝術》中幽默地說：「我相信躺臥床上為人生至樂之一；我發現，同意此事的人都是誠實的人，那些不相信卻在床上『躺臥』（lying，英文雙關語「說謊」）的人都是騙子，實際上，他們白天下了床也一定滿口謊言。」