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.

Sickness shows us what we are

Sickness shows us what we are

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a read more

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.

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.

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'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.

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.

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.