Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.

Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.

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

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.

When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.

Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.

The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.