The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

A general curiosity about the unknown sparked by the multicultural milieu in which I spent my formative years. There was a lot of unknown back then, too. I dare say it was easier to be an explorer then.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

It is the greatest and the tallest of trees that the gods bring low with bolts and thunder. For the gods love to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. They do not suffer pride in anyone but themselves.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.