"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." - SAMUEL BUTLER (d 1902), The Way of All Flesh

"Epidemics have often been more influential than statesmen and soldiers in shaping the course of political history, and diseases may also color the moods of civilizations." - DUBOS AND JEAN DUBOS, The White Plague

"If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick." - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Proverbs in Prose

"How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man's self to himself!" - CHARLES LAMB, Last Essays of Elia

"Falling ill is not something that happens to us, it is a choice we make as a result of things happening to us." - JONATHAN MILLER, The Body in Question

"Sick days are the same as vacation days, but with sound effects. Big Book of Business', illustrated by Scott Adams" - Dogbert in 'Building a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies: Dogbert's 1991

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." - Krishnamurti