Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith - the one great moving force which we can neither weigh in the balance nor test in the crucible. - William Osler

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

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

Let me recall to your minds an incident related of that best of men and wisest of rulers, Antoninus Pius, who, as he lay dying, in his home at Loriam in Etruria, summed up the philosophy of life in the watchword, Aequanimitas. … Natural temperament has much to do with its development, but a clear knowledge of our relation to our fellow-creatures and to the work of life is also indispensable. One of the first essentials in securing a good-natured equanimity is not to expect too much of the people amongst whom you dwell.