It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.

Illusions are like umbrellas - you no sooner get them than you lose them, and the loss always leaves a little painful wound.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.

Advice to first year medical students: In anatomy, it is better to have learned and lost than never to have learned at all.

Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.