The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.

There is only one antidote to mental suffering and that is physical pain.

Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.

One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.

Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.

As the saying goes, an old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!

My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.

To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.

It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.