I have very carefully studied Islam and the life of its Prophet (PBUH). I have done so both as a student of history and as a critic. And I have come to conclusion that Muhammad (PBUH) was indeed a great man and a deliverer and benefactor of mankind which was till then writhing under the most agonising Pain.

That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.

Life is too short for men to take it seriously.

The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.

The test to which all methods of treatment are finally brought is whether they are lucrative to doctors or not.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled.