Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.

If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee; he that thinks he never can speak enough may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

The birds of the air die to sustain thee; the beasts of the field die to nourish thee; the fishes of the sea die to feed thee. Our stomachs are their common sepulchre. Good God! with how many deaths are our poor lives patched up! how full of death is the life of momentary man!

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

The light of the understanding, humility kindleth and pride covereth.

With a bloody flux of oaths vows deep revenge.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.