Abstinence is the mother of pleasure as well as health, while repletion is the source and root not only of diseases, but of displeasure. For where there is satiety there desire cannot be, and where there is no desire, how can there be pleasure? — John Chrysostom Share this quote Post on X Facebook Download image Copy quote Copy link Share… Another quote →
Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?
Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad unaccompanied with impurity, anger, and the most infamous profligacies.
We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart.