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

A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.

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

A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.

Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.

Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.

That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.