Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

Men create the gods in their own image.

Men cling to life even at the cost of enduring great misfortune

The gods too are fond of a joke.

Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.