A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.

Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.

Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.

Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.

Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

Walking is a man's best medicine.