You can lose a man like that by your own death, but not by his.

Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his profession.

Vegetarians claim to be immune from most diseases but they have been known to die from time to time.

Well, upon my soul! You are not ashamed to stand there and confess yourself a disgusting drunkard.

This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.