Divine is the task to relieve pain

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

...all the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are most difficult to be understood by the inexperienced, fall upon the brain.

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

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

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

I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.