If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.

From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations

There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.

The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.

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

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.