Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dreams come true, there is life and joy. Proverbs 13:12 (NLT)

Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold. - Nathaniel Hawthorne,

I've known my lady (for she loves a tune) For fevers take an opera in June: And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold, A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold.

Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind.

An' I thowt 'twur the will o' the Lord, but Miss Annie she said it wur draains, For she hedn't naw coomfut in 'er, an' arn'd naw thanks fur 'er paains.