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

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

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."

The teacher's life should have three periods, study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

Without faith a man can do nothing; with it all things are possible.