Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women.

If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?

A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife

How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them.

It is goodness that gives to a neighborhood its beauty. One who is free to choose, yet does not prefer to dwell among the good - how can he be accorded the name of wise?