TIMOCLES Tell me, you scoundrel, have you ever made a
voyage?
 DAMIS Yes, often, Timocles.
 TIMOCLES Well, you were kept in motion then, were you not,
either by-the wind striking the canvas and filling the
sails, or else by the rowers, but the steering was
done by a single man in ‘command, who kept the
vessel safe?
 DAMIS Yes, certainly.
 TIMOCLES Then do you suppose that while the ship would
not sail if she were not steered, this universe keeps
in motion unsteered and unofficered?
 ZEUS Good! Timocles put that very shrewdly, with a
valid illustration.