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.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word.

This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.

Virtue is its own reward.