When I seek another word for 'music', I never find any other word than 'Venice'

Astrology presupposes that the heavenly bodies are regulated in their movements in harmony with the destiny of mortals: the moral man presupposes that that which concerns himself most nearly must also be the heart and soul of things.

He who denies himself much in great matters will readily indulge himself in small things.

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

In compassionate men, severity is a virtue.

What a dissimilarity we see in walking, swimming, and flying. And yet it is one and the same motion: it is just that the load- bearing capacity of the earth differs from that of the water, and that that of the water differs from that of the air! Thus we should also learn to fly as thinkers--and not imagine that we are thereby becoming idle dreamers!