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| A cool mouth and warm feet live long. George Herbert. | 1 |
| A dry cough is the trumpeter of death. | 2 |
| A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. | 3 |
| After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. | 4 |
| After melon wine is a felon. | 5 |
| After pear, wine or the priest. | 6 |
| After stuffing pears within, drink old wine until they swim. Spanish. | 7 |
Against diseases known, the strongest fence
Is the defensive virtue, abstinence. Franklin. | 8 |
| Air coming in at a window is as bad as a cross-bow shot. | 9 |
| Always rise from the table with an appetite and you will never sit down without one. William Penn. | 10 |
| As he who has health is young, so he who owes nothing is rich. | 11 |
| Be old betimes that thou mayest long be so. | 12 |
| Better lose a supper than have a hundred physicians. Spanish. | 13 |
| By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. Welsh. | 14 |
| Cover your head by day as much as you will, by night as much as you can. | 15 |
| Don’t stop the way of a bull or of a current of air. Spanish. | 16 |
| Good health is above wealth. | 17 |
| Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. Spectator. | 18 |
| Health and understanding are the two great blessings of life. Greek. | 19 |
| Health is happiness. | 20 |
| Health is the vital principle of bliss. Thomson. | 21 |
| He that sits with his back to a draft sits with his face to a coffin. Spanish. | 22 |
| He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy. | 23 |
| He that wants health wants everything. French. | 24 |
| He that would be healthy must eat temperately and sup early. Spanish. | 25 |
| He that would be healthy must wear his winter clothes in summer. Spanish. | 26 |
| He who has not health has nothing. | 27 |
| He who is well has half won the battle. Portuguese. | 28 |
| He who never was sick dies the first. | 29 |
| Health and cheerfulness make beauty, finery and cosmetics cost many a lie. Spanish. | 30 |
| Health consists with temperance alone. Pope. | 31 |
| Health dwells with the peasant. German. | 32 |
| Health is better than wealth. Turkish. | 33 |
| Health is great riches. | 34 |
| Health is not valued till sickness comes. | 35 |
| Health is the most admirable manifestation of right living. Humboldt. | 36 |
| Health without money is a half malady. Italian. | 37 |
| If you would be healthy be wise betimes. Portuguese. | 38 |
| Keep your feet dry and your head cool and for the rest live like a beast. | 39 |
| Let him cool in the skin he sat in. | 40 |
| Not to wish to recover is a mortal symptom. Spanish. | 41 |
| Of the malady a man fears, he dies. Spanish. | 42 |
| Spare diet and no trouble keep a man in good health. | 43 |
| Strong folks have strong maladies. German. | 44 |
| Study sickness while you are well. | 45 |
| There are no riches like health. | 46 |
| Three things kill a man; a scorching sun, suppers and cares. Spanish. | 47 |
| To rise at five, dine at nine, sup at five, go to bed at nine makes a man live to ninety-nine. French. | 48 |
| To rise at six, eat at ten, sup at six, go to bed at ten makes a man live years ten times ten. French. | 49 |
| To the well man every day is a feast day. Turkish. | 50 |
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| We are usually the best men when in the worst health. | 51 |
| When you are well keep as you are. French. | 52 |
| Without health life is not life, life is lifeless. Greek. | 53 |
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