Any man who is intelligent must, on considering that health is of the utmost value to human beings, have the personal understanding necessary to help himself in diseases, and be able to understand and to judge what physicians say and what they administer to his body, being versed in each of these matters to a degree reasonable for a layman.

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.

I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food

Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.

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

To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.