Nor love, not honour, wealth nor pow'r,
Can give the heart a cheerful hour
When health is read more

Nor love, not honour, wealth nor pow'r,
Can give the heart a cheerful hour
When health is lost. Be timely wise;
With health all taste of pleasure flies.

Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.

Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.

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

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

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.

A cheerful heart is good medicine.

A cheerful heart is good medicine.

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.

Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven,
When drooping health and spirits go amiss?
How tasteless read more

Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven,
When drooping health and spirits go amiss?
How tasteless then whatever can be given!
Health is the vital principle of bliss,
And exercise of health.