"Pain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding...." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“When in doubt, don't.”

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

“Indeed the general natural Tendency of Reading good History, must be, to fix in the Minds of Youth deep Impressions of the Beauty and Usefulness of Virtue of all Kinds, Publick Spirit, Fortitude.”

“When I was going through menopause, I didn't sleep. I didn't sleep for two years and ended up blowing out my thyroid, and I became nonfunctional. It's difficult to remain fully present if I'm not getting enough sleep, so I work at getting enough.”

“There is no habit you will value so much as that of walking far without fatigue.”

“The unlimited capacity of the plant world to sustain man at his highest is a region as yet unexplored by modern science.”

“If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain.”

“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”

“Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine.”