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We ought to love temperance for itself, and in obedience to God who has commanded it and chastity; but what I am forced to by catarrhs, or owe to the stone, is neither chastity nor temperance.

We ought to love temperance for itself, and in obedience to God who has commanded it and chastity; but what I am forced to by catarrhs, or owe to the stone, is neither chastity nor temperance.

Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt, Orlando Williams Wight (1866). “Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising his essays, journey into Italy, and letters”, p.80

He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, De Legibus, III. 2, p. 564, 1922.

But even the law cannot be in your bedroom at night.

Louis L'Amour (2004). “North to the Rails: A Novel”, p.71, Bantam

Whatever stress some may lay upon it, a death-bed repentance is but a weak and slender plank to trust our all on.

Laurence Sterne (1859). “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy: Gentleman & A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy”, p.540

Our good purposes foreslowed are become our tormentors upon our deathbed.

Joseph Hall (1837). “The Works of Joseph Hall: Practical works”, p.257