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Health: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other.— ADDISON — The Spectator. No. 387.

When health, affrighted, spreads her rosy wing, And flies with every changing gale of spring.— BYRON — Childish Recollections. L. 3.

Nor love, nor 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.— GAY — Fables. Pt. I. Fable 31.

Health that snuffs the morning air.— JAMES GRAINGER — Solitude. An Ode. L. 35.

Qui salubrem locum negligit, mente est captus atque ad agnatos et gentiles deducendus. He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends.— VARRO — De Re Rustica. I. 2.