Worms Are The Intestines Of The Earth.

Purpose Is A Desire For Something In Our Own Power, Coupled With An Investigation Into Its Means.

[prudence] Is The Virtue Of That Part Of The Intellect [the Calculative] To Which It Belongs; And . . . Our Choice Of Actions Will Not Be Right Without Prudence Any More Than Without Moral Virtue, Since, While Moral Virtue Enables Us To Achieve The End, Prudence Makes Us Adopt The Right Means To The End.

There Is Always Something New Coming Out Of Africa.

In Part, Art Completes What Nature Cannot Elaborate; And In Part It Imitates Nature.

Xenophanes States That The Fire In Lipara Once Failed For Sixteen Years, But Returned In The Seventeenth Year. They Say That The Lava-stream In Etna Is Neither Flaming Nor Continuous, But Returns Only After An Interval Of Many Years.