The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one'.... (The man who first said that) was probably a coward.... He knew a great deal about cowards but nothing about the brave. The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them.

You can write anytime people will leave you alone and not interrupt you.

Failure and well-disguised cowardice are more human and more beloved.

I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another's company and aid in consultation.

Listen now. When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe.

My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine.

No one should be alone in their old age, he thought.