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

When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.

Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.

The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.

The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.

Positive health requires a knowledge of man's primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known. The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.

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