Disease is not of the body but of the place.

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.

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

Health in all lands is among the indispensable guarantees of human progress.

How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself! He is his own exclusive object.

We should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.

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

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

Health can make money, but money cannot make health.

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

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

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

Plagues are as certain as death and taxes.