Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fail, but because each time they fall. They never fail to rise again.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Biography is the best form of history.

There is not a whole lot of fun in medicine but there is a whole lot of medicine in fun.

The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other.

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is

Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.