No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and…

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances fit in with them.

To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.

Common sense in matters medical is rare, and is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education.

The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest, and not inferior to either in her mission.

We can only instill principles, put the student in the right path, give him method, teach him how to study, and early to discern between essentials and non-essentials.

I have had three personal ideals: One to do the day's work well and not to bother about tomorrow.