To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

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

Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.

Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.

To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.

Any man who is intelligent must, on considering that health is of the utmost value to human beings, have the personal understanding necessary to help himself in diseases, and be able to understand and to judge what physicians say and what they administer to his body, being versed in each of these matters to a degree reasonable for a layman.

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.