The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.

It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another.

Epicurus ... whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun.

For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.

Some species increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and, like runners, pass on the torch of life.

What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others

Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.