A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.

For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.

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.