A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
Never let your inferiors do you a favor – it will be extremely costly.
To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.
Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows the tyrant. Woe to the man who leaves behind a shadow that bears his form.
It is well enough that the people of this nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
Life is like a ten-speed bike; most of us have gears we never use.
If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.