Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.

I did not become a father because I am fond of children.

All things are from water and all things are resolved into water.

Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

The past is certain, the future obscure.

Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.