Medicine may be defined as the art or the science of keeping a patient quiet with frivolous reasons for his illness and amusing him with remedies good or bad until nature kills him or cures him.

The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them.

Medicine may be defined as the art or the science of keeping a patient quiet with frivolous reasons for his illness and amusing him with remedies good or bad until nature kills him or cures him.

A mild attack of apoplexy may be called death's retaining fee.