The art is long, life is short
I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
The physician treats, but nature heals.
Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.