Men often think submission indicates weakness, that letting someone else take charge betrays a character deficit. But we all submit to strangers who drill into our teeth as long as we can see the parchment on their wall which reads “Dentist.” – Edmond Manning, King Perry

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth. – William R. Alger

A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth. – George D. Prentice