Propriety is that perfection of style which comes when a work is authoritatively constructed on approved principles. It arises from prescription, fro… - Vitruvius

Hence, water ought by no means to be conducted in lead pipes, if we want to have it wholesome. That the taste is better when it comes from clay pipes may be proved by everyday life, for though our tables are loaded with silver vessels, yet everybody uses earthenware for the sake of purity of taste.

nothing suffers annihilation, but at dissolution there is a change, and things fall back to the essential element in which they were before.

It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the influence of the sun.