I have heard a greater storm in a boiling pot.

I have heard a greater storm in a boiling pot.

Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.

Fasting cures diseases, dries up bodily humors, puts demons to flight, gets rid of impure thoughts, makes the mind clearer and the heart purer, the body sanctified, and raises man to the throne of God.

'It is very small for its age,' said Gnathaena.

the Egyptians became fond of wine and bibulous; and so a way was found among them to help those who could not afford wine, namely, to drink that made from barley; they who took it were so elated that they sang, danced, and acted in every way like persons filled with wine.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.