It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.

The art is long, life is short

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen.

Rest as soon as there is pain.

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.

Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.