An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

Against Diseases here, the strongest Fence, Is the defensive Virtue, Abstinence.

They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent

Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death