In Time Of Sickness The Soul Collects

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.

Nature Is To Be Found In Her Entirety Nowhere More Than In Her Smallest Creatures.

The Agricultural Population Produces The Bravest Men, The Most Valiant Soldiers,46 And A Class Of Citizens The Least Given Of All To Evil Designs.

Contact With [menstrual Blood] Turns New Wine Sour, Crops Touched By It Become Barren, Grafts Die, Seed In Gardens Are Dried Up, The Fruit Of Trees Fall Off, The Edge Of Steel And The Gleam Of Ivory Are Dulled, Hives Of Bees Die, Even Bronze And Iron Are At Once Seized By Rust, And A Horrible Smell Fills The Air; To Taste It Drives Dogs Mad And Infects Their Bites With An Incurable Poison.

Let Honor Be To Us As Strong An Obligation As Necessity Is To Others.