“As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid
“We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice
“When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the event by; it is good and made by a good workman
“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking