Better a poor man healthy and fit, than a rich man tormented in body.

Health and vigor are worth more than gold, a robust body, more than great wealth. No riches are preferable to physical well-being, and no joy is greater than a cheerful heart.

Death is better than a wretched life and eternal rest preferable to lasting sickness.

Dishes of food placed on an empty tomb are like good things offered to one who cannot eat.