A man is the origin of his action.

Finally, if nothing can be truly asserted, even the following claim would be false, the claim that there is no true assertion.

Art is identical with a state of capacity to make, involving a true course of reasoning.

Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites.

All men seek one goal: success or happiness.

...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.

All flatterers are mercenary, and all low-minded men are flatterers.