The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he

Frugality is for the vulgar.

Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.

Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one's business; and ... it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.

Go, all of you poor people, in the name of God the Creator, and let him forever be your guide. And henceforth, do not be beguiledby these idle and useless pilgrimages. See to your families, and work, each one of you, in your vocation, raise your children, and live as the good Apostle Paul teaches you.

Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking's just the measure.

Death is the vast perhaps.