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

There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.

And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

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

Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.