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There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life:
brain, blood, and breath. Press the read more
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.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
The poor cows froze
neglected in a blizzard
They dug them up
and ate their gizzards.
The poor cows froze
neglected in a blizzard
They dug them up
and ate their gizzards.
Of all the garden herbes none is of greater vertue than sage.
Of all the garden herbes none is of greater vertue than sage.
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary read more
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom read more
A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual past -Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The wish for healing has always been half of health.
The wish for healing has always been half of health.
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving
health to men.
[Lat., Homines ad read more
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving
health to men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem
hominibus dando.]
