Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life

The generations of living things pass in a short time, and like runners hand on the torch of life

Fear was the first thing on earth to make gods

Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfectio

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another