Sickness shows us what we are

Sickness shows us what we are

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought read more

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.

My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a whitish fluid they force down helpless babies.

My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a whitish fluid they force down helpless babies.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey

Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through read more

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.

It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.