He who dies of epidemic disease is a martyr.

All the world is topsy-turvy, and it has been topsy-turvy ever since the plague.

The sick man is the parasite of society.

Death from the bubonic plague is rated, with crucifixion, among the nastiest human experiences of all.

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

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

Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.

In times of pestilence, gaiety and joyousness are most profitable.

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

Health can make money, but money cannot make health.

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

The beginning of health lies in knowing the disease.

The best quarantine is hygiene.