In these days when science is clearly in the saddle and when our knowledge of disease is advancing at a breathless pace, we are apt to forget that not all can ride and that he also serves who waits and who applies what the horseman discovers.
Source: Consecratio Medici, ch. 1.
-- Harvey Cushing, (Apr 8 1869-1939), US surgeon; He developed techniques that made brain surgery feasible, including sutures to control severe bleeding.