Antony—" ... If at the same time those things contribute to my salvation."
Apollonius—"Rejoice! I am about to tell them to you!"
Damis, in a low tone to Antony—
"Is it possible? He must have, at the first glance, recognised your extraordinary inclinations for philosophy! I shall profit by it also myself."
Apollonius—"I will first describe to you the long road I travelled to gain doctrine; and, if you find in all my life one bad action, you will stop me—for he must scandalise by his words who has offended by his actions."
Damis to Antony:
"What a just man! eh?"
Antony—"Decidedly, I believe he is sincere."
Apollonius—"The night of my birth, my mother thought she saw herself gathering flowers on the border of a lake. A flash of lightning appeared; and she brought me into the world ami
