Hope is a working-man's dream.

Man naturally yearns for novelty.

The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This is shown first of all by the name of 'orb' which is bestowed upon it by the general consent of mankind. ...Our eyesight also confirms this belief, because the firmament presents the aspect of a concave hemisphere equidistant in every direction, which would be impossible in the case of any other figure."

Chance is a second master.

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

A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.

....shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.