Quotations on abstenance

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.
-William Penn
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
-W. C. Fields
Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.
-Horace Greeley
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
-Saint Augustine
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
-Epictetus
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
-William Temple