Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate. – Author Unknown

Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood. – Susan B. Anthony

Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men. – Marcus Valerius Martialis