Thursday, April 14, 2022

Excess is greatness' own worst enemy


He must be no great eater, drinker, sleeper;
no gamester, wencher, fopp.
He must discipline his senses, and exert his mind.
Every worthy undertaking, requires both.
 
-- Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712), Cosmologia sacra, Book II, Chapter VII, Of Virtue, 39.