Yesterday misspent can't be recall'd Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches.

How we treat the least of our brethren,... that's the measure of this country.

Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals

Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.

The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.

We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot. I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. My intent wasn't to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession, we must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound.

To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.