A person seldom falls sick, but the bystanders are animated with a faint hope that he will die.

We forget ourselves and our destinies in health, and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these concerns.

Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.

If thou dost ill, the joy fades, not the pains; If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.

It is dainty to be sick, if you have leisure and convenience for it