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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.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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.
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he read more
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.
If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.
I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going read more
I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day.
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