Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.
You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
Who contains himself goes seldom wrong.
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.
If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?