The clean tongue, the clear head, and the bright eye are birthrights of each day.

The hardest conviction to get into the mind of a beginner is that the education upon which he is engaged is not a college course, not a medical course, but a life course, for which the work of a few years under teachers is but a preparation.

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

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

Beware of people who call you 'Doc.' They rarely pay their bills.

Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert.

The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases.