Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.

The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

Thus then a single harmony orders the composition of the whole...by the mingling of the most contrary principles.

Since music has so much to do with the molding of character, it is necessary that we teach it to our children.

Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life.

If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development

Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.