The Quotation IndexThe trusted reference for quotations and the sources behind them
Tag Tag Health
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack · 1732-1758

Quotes

“Drink water; put the money in your pocket, and leave the dry-bellyache in the punch-bowl.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“He’s a fool that makes his doctor his heir.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Smoking I find the most ridiculous of all the varieties of human behaviour and practically the only one that is entirely against nature. Can you imagine a cow or any animal taking a mouthful of smouldering straw then breathing in the smoke and blowing it out through its nostrils?”

Ian Fleming · Goldfinger, 1959 · Primary source

“The first wealth is health.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Power, 1860 · Primary source

Related Tags

Temperance 2 Alcohol 5 Thrift 10 Self-restraint 8 Medical expenses 1 Prudence 9 Self-care 1 Financial consequences 2 Moderation 8 Diet 2 Longevity 4 Eating habits 2 Early rising 1 Routine 3 Discipline 18 Industry 17 Smoking 1 Habit 4 Human behaviour 3 Nature 20 Wealth 13 Well-being 3 Human capacity 2 Priorities 8