“Yesterday misspent can't be recall'dVanity makes beauty contemptibleWisdom is more valuable than riches.”

“Make something beautiful of your life.”

“How beautiful and horrible life is, Hema thought; too horrible to simply call tragic. Life is worse than tragic." p 108”

“A rich man's faults are covered with money, but a surgeon's faults are covered with earth.”

“To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.”

“You see, young Dr. Marion, that's what makes us human. We always want more.”

“A man is only as rich as the number of children he fathers. After all, what else do we leave behind in this world...”