I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your profession, you needn't worry about the consequences. But the problem with the powerful and rich is that when they are sick, they really want their doctors to cure them.
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.