The gods and their tranquil abodes appear, which no winds disturb, nor clouds bedew with showers, nor does the white snow, hardened by frost, annoy them; the heaven, always pure, is without clouds, and smiles with pleasant light diffused.

Globed from the atoms falling slow or swift I see the suns, I see the systems lift Their forms; and even the systems and the suns Shall go back slowly to the eternal drift.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

Such evil deeds could religion prompt.

Falling drops will at last wear away stone.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?