Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.

But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part.

Let those who are famished come that they may lay aside perpetual hunger and be filled with heavenly food.

Can anyone be so foolish as to believe that there are men whose feet are higher than their heads, or places where things may be hanging downwards, trees growing backwards, or rain falling upwards? Where is the marvel of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon if we are to allow of a hanging world at the Antipodes?

The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice.

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

The first point of wisdom is to. discern what is false; the second, to know what is true.