It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.

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.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

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

I swear... to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.

Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.

Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.