Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.

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

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

I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.

All disease begins in the gut.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.