Let no one suppose that the words “doctor” and “patient” can disguise from the parties the fact that

they are employer and employee.  George Bernard Shaw, 1906

Do not inflate plain things into marvels, but reduce marvels to plain things. Francis Bacon, 1561-1626

Let the young know they will never find a more interesting, more instructive book

than the patient himself.  Giorgio Baglivi, 1696