“It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.”

“for no god may undo what another god has done...”

“He who can believe himself well, will be well.”

“God himself helps those who dare.”

“Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.”

“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.”

“O gods, \ If any gods will listen, I deserve \ Punishment surely, I do not refuse it, \ But lest, in living, I offend the living, Offend the dead in death, drive me away \ From either realm, change me somehow, refuse me \ Both life and death! -- Myrrha, before being transformed into a tree”