“Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.”

—  Izaak Walton , book The Compleat Angler

Part I, ch. 21.
The Compleat Angler (1653-1655)

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