The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient's belief.
What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
It is the first line that gives the inspiration and then it's like riding a bull. Either you just stick with it, or you don't.
The particulars of life do not matter to the artist; they merely provide him with the opportunity to lay bare his genius.
I like complicated characters.
Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.