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.

I am about to discuss the disease called 'sacred'. It is not, in my opinion, any more divine or more sacred that other diseases, but has a natural cause, and its supposed divine origin is due to men's inexperience, and to their wonder at its peculiar character.

A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.

The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.

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

If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.

Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.