One was, "Refuse to be ill.

Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself.

Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.

It should never be allowed to get in the thin end of the wedge.

But take care of your constitution, and, having ascertained the best habits for it, keep to them like clockwork." Mr.
Mivers would not have missed his constitutional walk in the Park before breakfast if, by going in a cab to St.Giles's, he could have saved the city of London from conflagration.
Another aphorism of his was, "If you want to keep young, live in a metropolis; never stay above a few weeks at a time in the country.