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

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.

Here is my journey's end, here is my butt; And very sea-mark of my utmost sail.

It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.

There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.

Care more for the individual patient than for the special features of the disease. . . . Put yourself in his place . . . The kindly word, the cheerful greeting, the sympathetic look -- these the patient understands.