“The gods too are fond of a joke.”

“Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world”

“Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God”

“Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form, but with regard to their mode of life.”

“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider to be God-fearing and pious.”

“Therefore the activity of God, which surpasses all others in blessedness, must be contemplative; and of human activities, therefore, that which is most akin to this must be most of the nature of happiness”