Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing.
You know already that most of the lusts and licentiousness of the multitude consist in an appetite for eating, drinking and sexual intercourse.
Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.