"We must not violate nature, but obey her."

"The man who says that all things are not possible to him is a fool."

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

"The flesh cries out to not be hungry, thirsty, or cold. Anyone who has these things, and good hope of keeping them, might rival even Zeus in happiness."

"It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still suspects something of the stories told in myths. So that it is…"