I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.

In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon.

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.

I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?

Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi stimul ac nummos contemplar in arca. (The public hiss at me, but I cheer myself when in my own house I contemplate the coins in my strong-box.)