Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.

True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.

Among these things, one thing seems certain - that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.

There is alas no law against incompetency; no striking example is made. They learn by our bodily jeopardy and make experiments until the death of the patients, and the doctor is the only person not punished for murder.