Hippocrates — "The diet is the foundation of health."

"Disease is not an entity, but a fluctuating condition of the patient's body, a battle between the substance of the disease and the natural self-healing tendency of the body."

"Conclusions which are merely verbal cannot bear fruit, only those do which are based on demonstrated fact. For affirmation and talk are deceptive and treacherous. Wherefore one must hold fast to facts…"

"The patient should be made to understand that he is sick from natural causes, and not from the gods."

"The physician must be experienced in many things, but assuredly in rubbing."

"Cure sometimes, treat often and comfort always."