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

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

Discussing vaccination with a doctor is like discussing vegetarianism with a butcher.

It is easy - terribly easy - to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work.

I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.

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

Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common man goes about his ordinary business. Mozart did so; and that is why I like him. Even if I did not, I should pretend to; for a taste in his music is a mark of caste among musicians, and should be worn, like a tall hat, by the amateur who wishes to pass for a true Brahmin.