The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?

Many find their heart when they have lost their head.

In affability there is no hatred of men, but for that very reason there is all too much contempt for men.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

I listened for the echo, and I heard only praise —