Quotes from Geoffroi De Charny

Thus it should appear to everyone that the best pastime of all is to be often in good company, far from unworthy men and from unworthy activities from which no good can come.

From arrogance grow many branches from which evils come, so many as may cause the loss of soul and body, honor and wealth.

But if it so happens that you find good food and drink, partake of them gladly and sufficiently but not to excess, for men of worth say that one should not live in order to eat, but one should eat in order to live, for no one should eat so much that he is too full, nor drink so much that he is drunk.

They may be surprised to find how tough a warrior code the chivalry of medieval times was and how much it valued sheer prowess.