It is incident to physicians, I am afraid, beyond all other men, to mistake subsequence for consequence.

Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford.

If you want to be a writer, then write. Write every day!

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the system every day

Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.

Reason elevates our thoughts as high as the stars, and leads us through the vast space of this mighty fabric; yet it comes far short of the real extent of our corporeal being.

We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.