It's easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It's only necessary to live long, speak little and do less.

For me, the dead remain dead. If I couldn't believe that, I don't think I could go on living.

If all power corrupts, then a doctor, who literally holds life and death in his hands, must be at particular risk.

I find it extraordinary that a straightforward if inelegant device for ensuring the survival of the species should involve human beings in such emotional turmoil. Does sex have to be taken so seriously?

We live in a society which salves its conscience more by helping the interestingly unfortunate than the dull deserving.

It is always easy to question the judgement of others in matters of which we may be imperfectly informed.

History, which interprets the past to understand the present and confront the future is the least rewarding discipline for a dying species.