Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, 'Why do you not practice what you preach?'

A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts.

The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men's only God is their belly, that they live only for the present, and that the richer a man is the holier he is held to be.

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.

No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.