What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

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

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.

It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.

Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

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

The art is long, life is short.

Walking is man’s best medicine.

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Many admire, few know.

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

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

Life is short, the art long.

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.