Although Alchemy Has Now Fallen Into Contempt,

Life Is Like Music, It Must Be Composed By Ear, Feeling And Instinct, Not By Rule. Nevertheless One Had Better Know The Rules, For They Sometimes Guide In Doubtful Cases, Though Not Often.

Although Alchemy Has Now Fallen Into Contempt, And Is Even Considered A Thing Of The Past, The Physicain Should Not Be Influenced By Such Judgements.

The Universities Do Not Teach All Things ... So A Doctor Must Seek Out Old Wives, Gypsies, Sorcerers, Wandering Tribes, Old Robbers, And Such Outlaws And Take Lessons From Them. A Doctor Must Be A Traveller . . . Knowledge Is Experience.

The Art Of Medicine Has Its Roots In The Heart.

Nature Also Forges Man, Now A Gold Man, Now A Silver Man, Now A Fig Man, Now A Bean Man.