On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.

Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.

Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

The hours pass and the days and the months and the years, and the past time never returns.