“In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.”

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

Tears at times have the weight of speech.

There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Time is generally the best doctor.

It’s a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Countless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike, are at first obedient to man and only later on become his terrible masters.

Don’t be concerned with what you can’t do. Work on what you can do – then count your blessings.

Chemistry is important. If you like your teammates, it’s going to be easier to play with them on the court.

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.

People are still encouraged to marry as if they could count on marriage being for life, and at the same time they are absorbing a knowledge of the great frequency of divorce.

It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.