Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

With renunciation life begins.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.