Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases

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.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.

Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs, and tears.

Life is short and the art long.

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.