Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life.

Good angels are fallible ... they sin every day and fall from Heaven like flies.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

We chase dreams and embrace shadows.

The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature.

I am a physician. I keep a drug-shop of lies. I give relief, consolation. Can one console and relieve without lying? ... Only women and doctors know how necessary and how helpful lies are to men.

Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.