Tertullian De Spectaculis In the same way, with their high shoes, he has made the tragic actors taller, because "none can add a cubit to his stature."[20] Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II The wonder is, that there is no (open) contending against the Lord's prescripts! It has been pronounced that no one can add to his own stature.[61] Excerpts of Theodotus Thus He limits not only our occupations, but our cares. For He says: "Ye cannot, by taking thought, add aught to your stature."[26]