Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.

The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.

The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.

Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.

I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.

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.

Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.