Hesiod Might As Well Have Kept His

So Very Difficult A Matter Is It To Trace And Find Out The Truth Of Anything By History.

Nothing Is Harder To Direct Than A Man In Prosperity; Nothing More Easily Managed That One Is Adversity.

Dionysius The Elder, Being Asked Whether He Was At Leisure, He Replied, "god Forbid That It Should Ever Befall Me!"

God Alone Is Entirely Exempt From All Want Of Human Virtues, That Which Needs Least Is The Most Absolute And Divine.

The Present Offers Itself To Our Touch For Only An Instant Of Time And Then Eludes The Senses.