The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.

The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit has made permanent.

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.

Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.

To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.

All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.

One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.

Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.

Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.

There is only one antidote to mental suffering and that is physical pain.

What are men anyway but balloons on legs, a lot of blown-up bladders?

Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.