“Study until twenty-five investigation until forty profession until sixty at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.”

“It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of his works.”

“The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and to beget.”

“It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.”

“The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.”

“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”

“I have spent weeks in the desert, forgetting to look at the moon, he says, as a married man may spend days never looking into the face of his wife. These are not sins of omission but signs of pre-o...”

“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my co...”

“You know, Dorothy, you cant let people bring you down so easily or youll have your nose in the dirt for the rest of your life. From what I make of it, for every person with a good thought, there ar...”

“You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality.”

“She and Marie were Montreal girls, not trained to accompany heroes, or to hold out for dreams, but just to be patient.”

“Nonsense. Everyone knows Canadians are a peaceful people. He was laughing now.Tell that to the White House circa 1812, I told him.Oh? Why?Because thats the year the peace-loving Canadians burned it...”