Start at once a bed-side library and spend the last half hour of the day in communion with the saints of humanity. - William Osler

Imperturbability means coolness and presence of mind under all circumstances, calmness amid storm, clearness of judgment in moments of grave peril, immobility, impassiveness, or, to use an old and expressive word, phlegm.

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.