By words the mind is winged.
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered .