"For what sense or understanding have they? They follow minstrels and take the multitude for a teacher, not knowing th…"

"#* Compare Chrysippus from Philodem. P. eusebeias, vii. p. 81, Gomperz."

"αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων· παιδὸς ἡ βασιληίη."

"δὶς ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν ποταμὸν οὐκ ἂν ἐμβαίης."

"χαλεπώτερον ἡδονῇ μάχεσθαι ἢ θυμῷ"

"τὴν μεταβολὴν ὁδὸν ἄνω κάτω, τόν τε κόσμον γίνεσθαι κατ' αὐτήν."

"τὰ ὄντα ἰέναι τε πάντα καὶ μένειν οὐδέν"

"# The Cosmos is child's play: a child playing chess as King."

"#* Using English idioms to parallel the original's wordplay."

"#* Proclus in Tim. 54 A (comp. 24 B)."