He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.

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

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.

...all the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are most difficult to be understood by the inexperienced, fall upon the brain.

And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.

An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.

Life is short, the art long.