Straightway she went to the public square, and beholding Maxentius at the gate of the temple, she said unto him: "How comes it that thou art so foolish as to command this people to offer incense to idols?
Thou admirest this temple built by the hands of thy workmen.

Thou admirest these ornaments which are but dust blown away by the wind.

Thou shouldest rather admire the sky, and the earth, and the sea, and all that is therein.

Thou shouldest rather admire the ornaments of the heavens: the sun, the moon, and the stars, and those circling planets, which from the beginning of the world move from the west and return to the east and never grow weary.

And when thou hast observed all these things, ask and learn who is their Creator.