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.

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.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are read more

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom read more

A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual past -Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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.

It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]

It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]

The first wealth is health.

The first wealth is health.

To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand read more

To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times.

Mad Cows and Mad Pigs and Mad Fish say it is not 'you are what you eat' but
that we read more

Mad Cows and Mad Pigs and Mad Fish say it is not 'you are what you eat' but
that we become whom we eat.