Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.

Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath.... Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.

It is better to be full of drink than full of food.

Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.

The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.

Rest as soon as there is pain.

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