Nothing will be left, Nothing in the air, nothing under the earth, nothing in the waters. All will be exterminated.

The vine that has grown old on an old tree falls with the ruin of that tree, and through that bad companionship must perish with it.

The sun gives spirit and life to the plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.

Demetrius was wont to say that there was no difference between the words and speech of the unskilled and ignorant and the sounds and rumblings caused by the stomach being full of superfluous wind. This he said, not without reason, for, as he held, it did not in the least matter from what part of them the voice emanated, whether from the lower parts or the mouth, since the one and the other were of equal worth and importance.

The variety of colour in objects cannot be discerned at a great distance, excepting in those parts which are directly lighted up by the solar rays.

Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener.

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.