The very first step toward success in any occupation is to become interested in it. Locke put this in a very happy way when he said, give a pupil "a relish of knowledge" and you put life into his work.

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.

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.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances.

Faith is a most precious commodity, without which we should be very badly off.

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