Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Surgeon

A good surgeon must have an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand.

Call not a surgeon before you are wounded.

He mistakes the knife of the surgeon for the blade of the assassin.

Tender surgeons make foul wounds.Italian.

The best surgeon is he of the soul.

The best surgeon is he that has been hacked himself.