Oliver Wendell Holmes

I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would read more

I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. read more

I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. It's my job.

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

Speak not too well of one who scarce will know Himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him read more

Speak not too well of one who scarce will know Himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him what is, chiefly, true, Remembering always he belongs to you; Deal with him as a truant, if you will, But claim him, keep him, call him brother still!