I'll forbear;
And am fallen out with my more headier will
To take the indisposed and sickly read more

I'll forbear;
And am fallen out with my more headier will
To take the indisposed and sickly fit
For the sound man.

Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.
[Lat., Vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis.]

Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.
[Lat., Vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis.]

Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.

Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.

Before the curing of a strong disease,
Even in the instant of repair and health,
The fit read more

Before the curing of a strong disease,
Even in the instant of repair and health,
The fit is strongest. Evils that take leave,
On their departure most of all show evil.

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves,
the fruit, or the flower.
[It., D'ogni read more

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves,
the fruit, or the flower.
[It., D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto
Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde
Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.]

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

We are the carriers of health and disease--either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of read more

We are the carriers of health and disease--either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of hate and anxiety.

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.

Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.