The aim of medicine is surely not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices.
Source: Prejudices, 'Types of Men: the Physician'
-- H L Mencken, (Sep 12 1880-1956), US editor, satirist; He is known for his biting satire, insults, and debunking in The American Mercury, 1924-33.