There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa)
What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
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.
We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
How many evils have flowed from religion.
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.