... it is seldom a medical man has true religious views--there is too much pride of intellect.
Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
Men can do nothing without the make-believe of a beginning.
I have no courage to write much unless I am written to. I soon begin to think that there are plenty of other correspondents more interesting - so if you all want to hear from me you know the conditions.
An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
I have nothing to tell except travellers' stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.