The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

The bit that one eates, no friend makes.

The bit that one eates, no friend makes.

The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.

The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

Avoid excess.

Avoid excess.

Music helps not the toothache.

Music helps not the toothache.