I reckon being ill as one of the

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
- Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903

"Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit." - R. E. Shay "The only sure thing about luck is that it will change." - Wilson Mizner