When Collapse Is Imminent, The

All Men Possess In Their Bodies A Poison Which Acts Upon Serpents; And The Human Saliva, It Is Said, Makes Them Take To Flight, As Though They Had Been Touched With Boiling Water. The Same Substance, It Is Said, Destroys Them The Moment It Enters Their Throat.

The Best Kind Of Wine Is That Which Is Most Pleasant To Him Who Drinks It.

No Mortal Man, Moreover Is Wise At All Moments.

Nothing Is So Unequal As Equality.

A God Cannot Procure Death For Himself, Even If He Wished It, Which, So Numerous Are The Evils Of Life, Has Been Granted To Man As Our Chief Good.