There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.
Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled with knowledge but steeped in it.
Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
The physician cannot prescribe by letter, he must feel the pulse.
People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt.