“The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.”

“The earth has a skin and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man.”

“A not uncommon practice was to associate nationality with a particular disease, often sexually transmitted. For example, the English called syphilis "The French Disease"; the French called it "The Italian Disease"; the Italians called it "The Turkish Disease"; the Russians called it "The Polish Disease"; and both the Japanese and the Indians termed it "The Portuguese Disease." Only the Spanish accepted any blame, referring to it as "The Spanish Disease.”

“For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?”

“The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks lamely through life and returns good for nothing to the world below.”

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”