 | George Wither - 1814 - 348 pages
...measure; but eat for necessity, not pleasure ; for lust knows not where necessity ends. 1 1. Wouldst th on enjoy a long life, a healthy body, and a vigorous...appetite into subjection to reason. Rules to find out a Jit measure of Meat and Drink. 1. If thou hast eat so much as makes thee unfit for study or other business.... | |
 | Agriculture - 1825 - 538 pages
...necessity, not pleasure ; for lust ,• knows not where necessity ends. t 11. W in il< 1st t lu in enjoy a long life, a healthy body, and a vigorous mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful work i of God? Labour in 2S6 the firsi place to bring thy appetite into subjection to reason. Mulet... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1836 - 584 pages
...out an exact measure ; but eat for necessity, not pleasure ; for lust knows not where necessity ends. Wouldst thou enjoy a long life, a healthy body, and...be acquainted also with the wonderful works of God, labor in the first place to bring thy appetite to reason. ADVICE TO A YOUNG TRADESMAN. WaiTTEN IN THE... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1844 - 600 pages
...out an exact measure ; but eat for necessity, not pleasure ; for lust knows not where necessity ends. Wouldst thou enjoy a long life, a healthy body, and...be acquainted also with the wonderful works of God, labor in the first place to bring thy appetite to reason. ADVICE TO A YOUNG TRADESMAN. WRITTEN lit... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 462 pages
...out an exact measure; but eat for necessity, not pleasure: for lust knows not where necessity ends. Wouldst thou enjoy a long life, a healthy body, and...be acquainted also with the wonderful works of God, labor in the first place to bring thy appetite to reason. THE WAY TO WEALTH From Poor Richard's Almanack... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - Aging - 1904 - 386 pages
...softening mists, still shines the sun, And in our souls the Indian summer burns. Samuel Longfellow. WOULDST thou enjoy a long life, a healthy body, and a vigorous mind, and be acquainted with the wonderful works of God, labor, in the first place, to bring thy appetite to reason. Benjamin... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1905 - 508 pages
...I shall with these few Lines conclude and give place to what I think more agreeable to my Readers. Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and...place to bring thy Appetite into Subjection to Reason. 35. A PROPOSAL FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE BRITISH PLANTATIONS IN AMERICA1 Philadelphia,... | |
 | Vermont. State Board of Health - Public health - 1905 - 1256 pages
...out an exact measure; but eat for necessity, not pleasure : for lust knows not where necessity ends. Wouldst thou enjoy a long life, a healthy body, and...be acquainted also with the wonderful works of God, labor in the first place to bring thy appetite to reason. PURE FOOD AND DRUGS. BY GEORGE M. KOBER,... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Anthologies - 1910 - 330 pages
...out an exact measure;, but eat for necessity, not pleasure: for lust knows not where necessity ends. Wouldst thou enjoy a long life, a healthy body, and...be acquainted also with the wonderful works of God, labor in the first place to bring thy appetite to reason. 69 THE ART OF VIRTUE (Prom the" Autobiography... | |
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Quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter Digestion than others. The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure; but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends. Wouldst thou enjoy a... 
