Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
Take the good the gods provide thee.
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity.
Imitation pleases, because it affords matter for inquiring into the truth or falsehood of imitation, by comparing its likeness or unlikeness with the original.