"The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others."

"Reason, observation, and experience the holy trinity of science."

"Courage without conscience is a wild beast."

"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism."

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

"It is a quiet truth that peace of heart is the greatest luxury life can bestow upon the mortal traveler."

"Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope."

"If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do."