Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.
No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven.
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
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.