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

He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.

I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.

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

Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.