It was certainly not by design that the particles fell into order, they did not work out what they were going to do, but because many of them by many chances struck one another in the course of infinite time and encountered every possible form and movement, that they found at last the disposition they have, and that is how the universe was created.

Things stand apart so far and differ, that What's food for one is poison for another.

Out beyond our world there are, elsewhere, other assemblages of matter making other worlds. Ours is not the only one in air's embrace.

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.

Victory puts us on a level with heaven.

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.

We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.