the Egyptians were the first to discover the solar year, and to portion out its course into twelve parts both the space of time and the seasons which they delimit. It was observation of the course of the stars which led them to adopt this divisionIt is also the Egyptians who first bought into use the names of the twelve gods, which the Greeks adopted from them

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.

Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.