The first original and ground whereof, if a man would search out by the ancient fathers, he shall find that the same was not ordained but of a good purpose, and for a great advancement of godliness, for they so ordered the matter that all the whole Bible, or the greatest part thereof, should be read over once in the year .
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
Cleanliness is not only next to godliness, but one of the most useful forms of it; and a city can afford to spend money liberally to secure it-in fact, it is the best investment a city can make.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
If cleanliness is next to godliness, the average child is most ungodly by nature, for it loathes the means of cleanliness and otherwise observes instinct's health warnings only after experience has punished or after other motives from the outside have prompted action.
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen