Sirach 30:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ There is no riches above the riches of the health of the body: and there is no pleasure above the joy of the heart.

¹⁷ Better is death than a bitter life: and everlasting rest, than continual sickness.

¹⁸ Good things that are hidden in a mouth that is shut, are as masses of meat set about a grave.