The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
William OslerNow 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.
William OslerI desire no other epitaph - no hurry about it, I may say - than the statement that I taught medical students in the wards, as I regard this as by far the most useful and important work I have been called upon to do.
William OslerThe young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases.
William Osler