Advice

Primum non nocere
(First, do no harm.)


from William Blake's Eternity

He who bends to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sunrise



from Alexander Pope's A Little Learning

A little learning is a dang'rous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.


from Sir William Osler's "The Master Word in Medicine":

The very first step toward success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
. . .
It is surprising with how little reading a doctor may practice medicine, but it's not surprising how poorly he may do it.