My weak suit is whatever each reader hates about each book.
The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.
Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless.
A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy
I was just offered a contract on your life, for enough money to make it worth my while. " It was my turn to be quiet. Did you take it?" Would I be calling you if I had?" Maybe," I said. He laughed. True, but I'm not going to take it. " Why not?" Friendship. " Try again," I said. I figure I'll get to kill more people guarding you. If I take the contract, I only get to kill you. " Comforting. . .
Ungratefulness is the very poison of manhood.
Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the world will suffice for me in the future.
Among the several kinds of beauty, the eye takes most delight in colors.