Appetite comes with eating.
Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
All things have their ends and cycles. And when they have reached their highest point, they are in their lowest ruin, for they cannot last for long in such a state. Such is the end for those who cannot moderate their fortune and prosperity with reason and temperance.