Even if we could suppose the citizen body to be virtuous, without each of them being so, yet the latter would be better, for in the virtue of each the virtue of all is involved.

He is courageous who endures and fears the right thing, for the right motive, in the right way and at the right times.

If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

We are better able to study our neighbours than ourselves, and their actions than our own.