Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.

And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.

Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient's belief.

What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.

We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.