Life is short, the art long.

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

I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.

If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.

The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.