Luigi Cornaro

"A man can enjoy a terrestrial paradise after eighty, but it is not to be obtained, except by strict temperance in food and drink, virtues acceptable to God, and friends to reason."

"My friends and relations … urged … that the quantity I took was too little for one so advanced in years; against this, I urged that nature was content with little, and that with this small quantity, I…"

"A man cannot have a better guide than himself, nor any physic better than a regular life."

"It is universally agreed, that custom, in time, becomes a second nature, forcing men to use that, whether good or bad, to which they have been habituated; in fact, we see habit, in many instances, gai…"

"Some sensual unthinking persons affirm, that a long life is no great blessing, and that the state of a man, who has passed his seventy-fifth year, cannot really be called life; but this is wrong, as I…"

"It is true, and cannot be denied, that man must at last die, however careful with himself he may have been; but yet, I maintain, without sickness and great pain, for in my case I expect to pass away q…"

"No man should be a perfect physician to any but himself."

"Our beneficent Creator is desirous, that, as he originally favoured human nature with longevity, we should all enjoy the full advantage of his intentions, knowing, that when a man has passed seventy, …"