The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Whenever I see the word Operation, especially Trifling Operation, I at once write off the patient as dead.

If any religion had a chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.

Altogether too many sheep

Just as I cannot remember any time when I could not read and write, I cannot remember any time when I did not exercise my imagination in daydreams about women.