No other man-made device since the shields and lances of the ancient knights fulfills a man's ego like an automobile.

For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak; For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke; His hook was such as heads the end of pole To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole; This hook was bated with a dragon's tail,-- And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.

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

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

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

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