Certainly it was no design of the atoms to place themselves in a particular order, nor did they decide what motions each should have. But atoms were struck with blows in many ways and carried along by their own weight from infinite times up to the present. They have been accustomed to move and to meet in all manner of ways. For this reason, it came to pass that being spread abroad through a vast time and trying every sort of combination and motion, at length those come together that produce great things, like earth and sea and sky and the generation of living creatures.

So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.

Fear is the mother of all gods.

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

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.

How many evils have flowed from religion.

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