The future is purchased by the present.

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

I will take no more physick, not even my opiates; for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to God unclouded.

Mutual cowardice keeps us in peace.

Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter of terror; in spring the heart of tranquility dances to the melody of the groves, and the eye of benevolence sparkles at the sight of happiness and plenty: in winter, compassion melts at universal calamity, and the tear of softness starts at the wailing of hunger and the cries of the creation in distress

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote.