There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life:
brain, blood, and breath. Press the brain a little, its light
goes out, followed by both the others. Stop the heart a minute,
and out go all three of the wicks. Choke the air out of the
lungs, and presently the fluid ceases to supply the other centres
of flame, and all is soon stagnation, cold, and darkness.
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. -Arabian Proverb.
He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. -Arabian Proverb.
Nor love, not honour, wealth nor pow'r,
Can give the heart a cheerful hour
When health is read more
Nor love, not honour, wealth nor pow'r,
Can give the heart a cheerful hour
When health is lost. Be timely wise;
With health all taste of pleasure flies.
He is a heavy eater of beef. Methinks it doth harm to his wit.
Wm Shakespeare in Twelfth Night.
He is a heavy eater of beef. Methinks it doth harm to his wit.
Wm Shakespeare in Twelfth Night.
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven,
When drooping health and spirits go amiss?
How tasteless read more
Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven,
When drooping health and spirits go amiss?
How tasteless then whatever can be given!
Health is the vital principle of bliss,
And exercise of health.
A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. -John Steinbeck.
A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. -John Steinbeck.
Health that snuffs the morning air.
Health that snuffs the morning air.
Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are read more
Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.
To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand read more
To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times.
