Nor need it cause surprise that things disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable to many corruptions and diseases, and the things in question are not really pleasant, but only pleasant to these particular persons, who are in a condition to think them so.

The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.

In general, what is written must be easy to read and easy to speak; which is the same.

Education begins at the level of the learner.