Saving the virtues includes all other advantages

Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?

In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

Calamus fortior gladio.

Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.