’Tis a portentous sign / When a man sweats and at the same time shivers.

Health care delivery is one of the tragedies still in America.

It is strange indeed that the more we learn about how to build health, the less healthy Americans become.

Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

Diseases, at least many of them, are like human beings. They are born, they flourish, and they die.

Hygienic law, like martial law, supersedes rights in crises.

The sick man is the parasite of society.

Men take diseases, one of another. Therefore let men take heed of their company.

Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world.

Everyone who is sick is someone else’s patient zero.

Plagues are as certain as death and taxes.

What timid man does not avoid contact with the sick, fearing lest he contract a disease so near?