William Osler

The physician who knows his patients well is the one who will treat them best.

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

The whole art of medicine is in observation.

The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The physician must be a man of science, a man of art, and a man of humanity.

The most important single factor in the practice of medicine is the patient.

The student of medicine is a student of life.

The best physician is also a philosopher.

The value of a life is not measured by its duration, but by its donation.

The physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

The physician's highest and only calling is to make the sick healthy, to heal, as it is called.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The true physician is a student of humanity.

The physician must be a man of courage, for he will often have to face death.

The physician must be a man of hope, for he will often have to inspire it.

The physician must be a man of charity, for he will often have to give it.

The physician must be a man of faith, for he will often have to rely on it.

The physician must be a man of patience, for he will often have to exercise it.