The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your profession, you needn't worry about the consequences. But the problem with the powerful and rich is that when they are sick, they really want their doctors to cure them.

I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.

...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.

There is no protection against slander.