It is impossible to make wisdom hereditary.

"Oh," replied his patient, with no malice aforethought, "he told me to come and see you."

A patient going to a doctor for his first visit was asked, "And whom did you consult before coming to me?"<br>"Only the village druggist," was the answer.<br>"And what sort of foolish advice did that numbskull give you?" asked the doctor, his tone and manner denoting his contempt for the advice of the layman.<br>"Oh," replied his patient, with no malice aforethought, "he told me to come and see you."

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

To feel "fit as a fiddle" you must tone down your middle.

Our health always seems much more valuable after we lose it.

Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it.

Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad.