Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
Each of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases.
To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
Health is the greatest of human blessings.
Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
The physician treats, but nature heals.
From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations.
Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
Sport is a preserver of health.