"The choice of clothing would be regulated according to the existing temperature.
"One would avoid the passing at once from extreme heat to extreme cold.
"One would never proffer this stupid reflection: Bah! I shall take care of myself, which impudent people declare when exposing themselves carelessly to take cold.
"We should understand that disease is a cause of unparalleled disorder and discord.
"In addition to the thought of possible sufferings, that of grief for those whom we love, joined to the apprehension of a cessation of social functions, on whose achievement depends our fortune, would suffice to eliminate all idea of imprudence, if we had the habit of allowing common sense to participate in all our actions of daily life.
"To those who walk under its guidance; it manifests itself without ceasing; it dominates all actions without their being compelled to separate themselves from it.
"It is unconsciously that they appeal to common sense and they have no need of making an effort to follow its laws.
"Common sense is the intelligence of instinct."