Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Gluttony

A glutton is never generous.

A glutton young, a beggar old.German.

A greedy man God hates.

Gluttony kills more than the sword.French, Italian.

He’ll eat till he sweats and work till he freezes.

His eye is bigger than his belly.

If it rained macaroni what a fine thing for gluttons.Italian.

It is easier to fill a glutton’s belly than his eye.

Never good that mind their belly so much.

You dig your grave with your teeth.

Your belly will never let your back be warm.