I was at peace with the world before, and this finish’d the treaty with myself. - Laurence Sterne

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

Read, read, read, read, my unlearned reader! read- or by the knowledge of the great saint Paraleipomenon- I tell you before-hand, you had better throw down the book at once; for without much reading, by which your reverence knows I mean much knowledge, you will no more be able to penetrate the moral of the next marbled page (motley emblem of my work!) than the world with all its sagacity has been able to unravel the many opinions, transactions, and truths which still lie mystically hid under the dark veil of the black one.

People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.