I'm afraid of death... Yes, but that doesn't stop death coming.

Speech ... is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking.

Of course I despise money when I haven't got any. It's the only dignified thing to do.

Any medical man who predicts exactly when a patient will die, or exactly how long he will live, is bound to make a fool of himself. The human factor is always incalculable. The weak have often unexpected powers of resistance, the strong sometimes succumb.

I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defence?