At forty a man is either a fool or a physician.
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner sleep a while, after supper go to bed.
A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
Good kale is half a meal.
If you would live for ever you must wash milk from your liver.
Vin sur lait, c'est souhait; lait sur vin, c'est venin.
Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.
He that would live for aye, must eat sage in May.
Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto?
After cheese comes nothing.
An egg and to bed.
You must drink as much after an egg as after an ox.
He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.
Qui couche avec la soif, se leve avec la sante.
One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.
Who goes to bed supperless, all night tumbles and tosses.
Often and little eating makes a man fat.
Fish must swim thrice.
Poisson, goret, et cochon vit en l'eau, mort en vin.
Drink wine and have the gout, drink no wine and have it too.
Young men's knocks, old men feel.
Quae peccamus Juvenes, ea luimus Senes.
Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark.
Early to bed, and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Wash your hands often, your feet seldom, and your head never.
Eat at pleasure, drink by measure.
Pain tant qu'il dure, vin a mesure.
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