Hippocrates

Those diseases which carry men away suddenly are those which are most fatal.

In acute diseases, the physician must be prepared to change his opinion quickly.

The patient's appearance is the first thing to be observed.

Many admire, few know.

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

The heart is the organ of perception.

Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.

I swear by Apollo Physician... to keep them far from me and any other person.

Whatever I see or hear concerning the life of men, in my attendance on the sick or even apart therefrom, which ought not to be spoken abroad, I will keep silence.

The difficulty is to know what to do.

Physicians should be judged by their successes, not their failures.

The function of a good physician is to prevent disease.

Happiness lies in health.

The body of man has in itself blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile; these make up the nature of the body.

Idleness and lack of occupation tend to produce melancholy.

A person with a wound should be kept quiet.

The brain of man is the most divine part of the body.

Medicine is far from exact science.

The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that ancient one of attributing them to supernatural influences.

As to diseases made by men, what disease do they make more grievous than the disgrace which they occasion?