And the proverb is Scripture truth if you try to say No! to yourself.

It takes the very stoutest of hearts, the most noble, the most manly, the most soldierly, and the most saintly of hearts to say No! to itself, and to keep on saying No! to itself to the bitter end of every trial and temptation and opportunity.

I remember reading long ago a page or two of a medical man's diary.

And in it he made a confession and an appeal I have never forgot; though, to my loss, I have not always acted upon it.

He said that for many years he had never been entirely well.