The art of true living in this world is more like wrestling than dancing. Both teach a person to be ready for whatever comes at them, so that nothing can knock them down.
The art of true living in this world is more like a wrestler's, than a dancer's practice. For in this they both agree, to teach a man whatsoever falls upon him, that he may be ready for it, and that nothing may cast him down.
You must also train your body to be steady and controlled. Keep it free from loose or restless movements and postures. Just as your mind easily controls your face and expressions to keep them serious and proper, let it have the same control over your whole body. But do all of this without any kind of pretense or showing off.
Thou must use thyself also to keep thy body fixed and steady; free from all loose fluctuant either motion, or posture. And as upon thy face and looks, thy mind hath easily power over them to keep them to that which is grave and decent; so let it challenge the same power over the whole body also. But so observe all things in this kind, as that it be without any manner of affectation.