Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

Why have a cake if I can't eat it?

Why have a cake if I can't eat it?

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder for someone else

Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder for someone else

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.