This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.

This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.

My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from read more

My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. [Listing what body parts he has broken].

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, read more

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

We are bound to our bodies like an oyster is to its shell.

We are bound to our bodies like an oyster is to its shell.