Rome also and Greece have produced many illustrious men, who we cannot believe were so without the assistance of the Deity; which is the reason that the poets, Homer in particular, joined their chief heroes--Ulysses, Agamemnon, Diomedes, Achilles--to certain Deities, as companions in their adventures and dangers.
Besides, the frequent appearances of the Gods, as I have before mentioned, demonstrate their regard for cities and particular men.

This is also apparent indeed from the foreknowledge of events, which we receive either sleeping or waking.

We are likewise forewarned of many things by the entrails of victims, by presages, and many other means, which have been long observed with such exactness as to produce an art of divination.
There never, therefore, was a great man without divine inspiration.

If a storm should damage the corn or vineyard of a person, or any accident should deprive him of some conveniences of life, we should not judge from thence that the Deity hates or neglects him.

The Gods take care of great things, and disregard the small.