It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.

Why do we spend years using up our bodies to nurture our minds with experience and find our minds turning then to our exhausted bodies for solace?

Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones.

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

The human body is a peculiar device, pat it on the back and the head swells.