The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.

Life is short, the art long.

The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.

The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd consider those who are not of this excellent bodily condition to be unable to take care of themselves.

The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.