To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

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.

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense.

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.