"O what a lean cow! it is not fit to be killed: give it fodder until it gets fat."

"The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; it is the body’s reality."

"The physician must be a philosopher, for philosophy and medicine are sisters."

"The physician must be a man of courage, for courage is necessary in the face of death."

"Time is a sword; if you do not cut it, it will cut you."