Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.