It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
[Ger., Denn der Wille
Und nicht die read more

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
[Ger., Denn der Wille
Und nicht die Gabe macht den Geber.]

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed.
[Ger., Gleich schenken? das ist brav. Da wird er read more

Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed.
[Ger., Gleich schenken? das ist brav. Da wird er reussieren.]

Not what we give, but what we share,--
For the gift without the giver is bare.

Not what we give, but what we share,--
For the gift without the giver is bare.

Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body.
[Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana read more

Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body.
[Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.]

When health, affrighted, spreads her rosy wing,
And flies with every changing gale of spring.

When health, affrighted, spreads her rosy wing,
And flies with every changing gale of spring.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.

God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.