The less experienced a doctor is, the higher are his notions of professional dignity . . .

Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.

How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many little imperceptible tugs, until his consciousness has drifted out of its untenable earthly harbor into the great sea beyond!

I am afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain," said he. "Results without causes are much more impressive.

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.