It is better for a city to be governed by a good man than by good laws.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Selfishness doesn't consist in a love to yourself, but in a big degree of such love.

Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.

It is likely that unlikely things should happen

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions.