“Health is a habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.”

“Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time.”

“There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry.”

“It seems a pity that the world should throw away so many good things merely because they are unwholesome. I doubt if God has given us any refreshment which taken in moderation is unwholesome except microbes. Yet there are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable drinkable and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is it is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry.”

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

“You cant reach old age by another man's road, my habits protect my life but they would assassinate you”

“But the cruelest habit the modern prophecy-savans have, is that one of coolly and arbitrarily fitting the prophetic shirt on to the wrong man. They do it without regard to rhyme or reason.”