A slight refreshment of fruits was set upon a table in one of the apartments, and a concert of music produced by invisible performers was heard. […] Once the people of Sicily had nothing but chestnuts and acorns to eat; but Ceres taught them agriculture, and gave them fruit trees. […] Where the stag was chased, and the fox and the hare hid themselves, the cottage is reared, the harvest waves, and the olive yields its fruit. […] A very wise man9 said, the invention of the lyre was “the good fruits of early rising. […] As a punishment for this crime, he suffered incessant hunger and thirst, though he was surrounded by delicious fruits and sweet waters.