“A fat kitchen, a lean will.”
Benjamin Franklin

200 FAMOUS QUOTES · DIET
Read 200 of the best diet quotes about healthy eating, moderation, food and wellness, from Benjamin Franklin, Seneca, Shakespeare, Brillat-Savarin and more.
“A fat kitchen, a lean will.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Cheese and salt meat should be sparingly eat.”
Benjamin Franklin
“He that never eats too much will never be lazy.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Men and melons are hard to know.”
Benjamin Franklin
“With such a diet they may be expected to live in peace and health to a good old age.”
Plato
“There is corn; there are the apples that bear down the branches by their weight, and there are the grapes swelling upon the vines.”
Pythagoras
“Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.”
Epicurus
“From my mother, simplicity in my way of living, far removed from the habits of the rich.”
Marcus Aurelius
“Learn what and how great benefits a moderate diet brings with it. In the first place, you will enjoy good health.”
Horace
“They should think their coarse food sweet, and their plain clothes beautiful.”
Lao Tzu
“A tapir slakes its thirst from the river, but drinks only enough to fill its belly.”
Chuang Tzu
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.”
The Bible (Isaiah 1:19)
“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”
The Bible (Psalm 128:2)
“She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household.”
The Bible (Proverbs 31:15)
“Come and dine.”
The Bible (John 21:12)
“They did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.”
The Bible (Acts 2:46)
“Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?”
The Bible (Job 6:6)
“Ye are the salt of the earth.”
The Bible (Matthew 5:13)
“And he put forth the end of the rod, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.”
The Bible (1 Samuel 14:27)
“At the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer.”
The Bible (Daniel 1:15)
“I have a whole school of tongues in this belly of mine.”
William Shakespeare
“Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner, honest water.”
William Shakespeare
“'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.”
William Shakespeare
“I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you.”
William Shakespeare