Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.

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

The physician treats, but nature heals.

The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.

The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.

Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.

A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.