The Brahma sutras consists of 555 aphoristic verses (sutras) in four chapters. Settings of aphoristic poetic utterances, the songs are accompanied by a very large orchestra. These early Buddhist sutras, unlike Hindu texts, are not aphoristic. After many similar aphoristic reiterations of these important concepts, Bacon presents his famous Idols. The libretto displays many neat and aphoristic expressions. His aphoristic style emphasized his anti-clerical republicanism. The "Kamasutra" is a "sutra"-genre text consisting of intensely condensed, aphoristic verses. George Eaton wrote that Hitchens' final work had "a timeless, aphoristic quality". They are not aphoristic, but are quite detailed, sometimes with repetition. Another has been lost, that belonging to 18th-century aphoristic poet Alexander Pope. Aphoristic collections also make up an important part of the work of some modern authors. He was also a painter and known for his aphoristic remarks called "Zuppkeisms".