If It Were Not For

Live Neither In The Past Nor In The Future, But Let Each Day Absorb All Your Interest, Energy And Enthusiasm. The Best Preparation For Tomorrow Is To Live Today Superbly Well.

Now Of The Difficulties Bound Up With The Public In Which We Doctors Work, I Hesitate To Speak In A Mixed Audience. Common Sense In Matters Medical Is Rare, And Is Usually In Inverse Ratio To The Degree Of Education.

Look Wise, Say Nothing, And Grunt. Speech Was Given To Conceal Thought.

Nothing Is Life Is More Wonderful Than Faith.

But Whatever You Do, Take Neither Yourselves Nor Your Fellow-creatures Too Seriously. There Is Tragedy Enough In Our Daily Routine, But There Is Room Too For A Keen Sense Of The Absurdities And Incongruities Of Life, And In The Shifting Panorama No One Sees Better Than The Doctor The Perennial Sameness Of Men’s Ways.