Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

Now of the difficulties bound up with the public in which we doctors work, I hesitate to speak in a mixed audience. Common sense in matters medical is rare, and is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education.

We are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy.

Every patient you see is a lesson in much more than the malady from which he suffers.

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

The great minds, the great works transcend all limitations of time, of language, and of race, and the scholar can never feel initiated into the company of the elect until he can approach all of life's problems from the cosmopolitan standpoint.

Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.