Jane had that happy disposition which would like to imagine that every one really wishes the well-being of his neighbour and struggles, though sometimes rather disastrously, to help him towards it.

It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.

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

Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!

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?

To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, kind against cruelty

If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.