starve yourself, but that you shall not become a slave to beastly appetite, against which life demands that you should struggle. I know very well that men sin by going to either extreme, namely, by becoming like wolves in ravenous appetite or by becoming unfit for work on account of being half starved. Nothing seems to me to be more foolish than to seek honor and praise, by wearing costly clothing. From such a point of view, the pope’s asses could be respected and highly honored; for if they are