The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole.

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge.

Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.

Harmony sinks deep into the recesses of the soul and takes its strongest hold there, bringing grace also to the body & mind as well. Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything. It is the essence of order.