The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected.

No man knows distinctly anything, and no man ever will.

God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.

Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of them many lawless deeds, stealing, adultery, and deception of each other.

No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even know they had done so.

If oxen and horses and lions could draw and paint, they would delineate the gods in their own image.

For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.