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."

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

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.

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

There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs.

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.

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