It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who never change.

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.

Only the supremely wise and the ignorant do not alter.

It is better to play than do nothing.

Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.

A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.