Of all the garden herbes none is of greater vertue than sage.

Of all the garden herbes none is of greater vertue than sage.

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.

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.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to
trouble about whether he's happy read more

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to
trouble about whether he's happy or not.

Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden?
[Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit read more

Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden?
[Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto?]

Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body.
[Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana read more

Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body.
[Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.]

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs.

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs.

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.