"The first wealth is health...." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Activity is contagious.”

“A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.”

“Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think, and those who cause others to think.”

“Like anyone else, I too have the potential for violence; I too have anger in me. However, I try to recall that anger is a destructive emotion. I remind myself that scientists now say that anger is bad for our health; it eats into our immune system. So, anger destroys our peace of mind and our physical health. We shouldn’t welcome it or think of it as natural or as a friend.”

“Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it.”

“Cavities are made by sugar. So if you need to dig a hole, then lay down some candy bars!”

“Man cannot be satisfied by wealth. Man cannot go beyond his nature, no more than you can jump out of your body.”

“The pulpit and the press have many commonplaces denouncing the thirst for wealth, but if men should take these moralists at their word, and leave off aiming to be rich, the moralists would rush to rekindle at all hazards this love of power in the people, lest civilization should be undone.”

“The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor”