“Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.”

Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.

Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.

Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and also because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.

Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.

And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.

From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations

Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases

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

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

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

The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.

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

All disease begins in the gut.

Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.

Many admire, few know.

Rest as soon as there is pain.

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.

Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.

I know that if I could really understand mental illness, then it would be appropriate to make a big career shift.

There are times in all of our lives when a reliance on gut or intuition just seems more appropriate – when a particular course of action just feels right.

Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.

If you believe in your value, how could it possibly be appropriate to hide it from people who need it?

I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike and then out to dinner. I like to take the formality out of the day’s schedule and be ready for any off-road detour.

Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.