Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. Pliny the Elder on fear
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. Pliny the Elder on hope
Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. Pliny the Elder on nature