Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

Honey comes out of the air At early dawn the leaves of trees are found bedewed with honey. Whether this is the perspiration of the sky or a sort of saliva of the stars, or the moisture of the air purging itself, nevertheless it brings with it the great pleasure of its heavenly nature. It is always of the best quality when it is stored in the best flowers.

The leading distinction in magnets is the sex, male and female, and the next great difference in them is the colour. Those of Magnesia, bordering on Macedonia, are of a reddish black; those of Breotia are more red than black; and the kind that is found in Troas is black, of the female sex, and consequently destitute of attractive power.

A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment.

The graceful tear that streams for others' Man is the weeping animal born to govern all the rest.

Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.

Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.