Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius.
A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.
If there are none [gods], All our toil is without meaning.
Nothing happens to man without the permission of God.
When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.
For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.