Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.

Truth is no man's slave - but lies - what magnificent servants they make.

I wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctor's mind: 'Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life?

When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him; and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion.

if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.

... can life be made undignified by any act of man?

Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.