The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty

There Is Alas No Law Against Incompetency; No Striking Example Is Made. They Learn By Our Bodily Jeopardy And Make Experiments Until The Death Of The Patients, And The Doctor Is The Only Person Not Punished For Murder.

The Enjoyments Of This Life Are Not Equal To Its Evils.

As In Our Lives So Also In Our Studies, It Is Most Becoming And Most Wise, So To Temper Gravity With Cheerfulness, That The Former May Not Imbue Our Minds With Melancholy, Nor The Latter Degenerate Into Licentiousness.

All Men Possess In Their Bodies A Poison Which Acts Upon Serpents; And The Human Saliva, It Is Said, Makes Them Take To Flight, As Though They Had Been Touched With Boiling Water. The Same Substance, It Is Said, Destroys Them The Moment It Enters Their Throat.

As For The Garden Of Mint, The Very Smell Of It Alone Recovers And Refreshes Our Spirits, As The Taste Stirs Up Our Appetite For Meat.