In the name of Hypocrites, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.

Friendship is one of the greatest luxuries of life.

'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.

War - hard apprenticeship of freedom.

Behind all these men you have to do with, behind officers, and government, and people even, there is the country herself, your country, and . . . you belong to her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by her, boy, as you would stand by your mother.

Take time enough for your meals, and eat them in company whenever you can. There is no need for hurry in life—least of all when we are eating.

The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.