Conservatism and old fogeyism are totally different things; the motto of one is "Prove all things and hold fast that which is good" and of the other "Prove nothing but hold fast that which is old."

To know just what has do be done, then to do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.

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.

The practice of medicine will be very much as you make it - to one a worry, a care, a perpetual annoyance; to another, a daily job and a life of as much happiness and usefulness as can well fall to the lot of man, because it is a life of self-sacrifice and of countless opportunities to comfort and help the weak-hearted, and to raise up those that fall.

It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

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