I had a big breakfast, so I think I'll skip lunch today.
我吃了一顿丰盛的早餐,所以打算不吃午饭了。
A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.
性急难免出岔子。
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.