Bede the Venerable — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 1:40-45

“(in Marc. i. 10) Even after working a miracle in that city, the Lord retires into the desert, to shew that He loves best a quiet life, and one far removed from the cares of the world, and that it is on account of this desire, He applied Himself to the healing of the body.”