The art is long, life is short.

Life is short, the art long.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.