A library represents the mind of its collector, fancies and foibles, strengths and weaknesses, prejudices and preferences.

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.

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

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

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

I 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.