Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

— William Osler

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

— William Osler

The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances.

— William Osler

The future is today.

— William Osler

The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

— William Osler

The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

— William Osler

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

— William Osler

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage libraries in the interest of the public... Many still think that a great reader, or a writer of books, will make an excellent librarian. This is pure fallacy.

— William Osler

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

— William Osler

There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs.

— William Osler