"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates."

"There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking."

"If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction."

"The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation."

"By keeping my hand in that, it's the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients."

"The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat."

"To love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach."

"A Jewish woman had two chickens. One got sick, so the woman made chicken soup out of the other one to help the sick one get well."