The practice of physic is jostled by quacks on the one side, and by…

The diagnosis of disease is often easy, often difficult, and often impossible.

We should always presume the disease to be curable, until its own nature prove it otherwise.

Beware of language, for it is often a great cheat.

Truth in all its kinds is most difficult to win; and truth in medicine is the most difficult of all.

There is nothing so captivating as new knowledge.

Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use, be it great or be it small!