To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

Music is moral law. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, true and beautiful.

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.

May not the wolf, as the proverb says, claim a hearing?

Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.

If there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their beloved, they would be the very best governors of their own city, abstaining from all dishonour, and emulating one another in honour; and when fighting at each other's side, although a mere handful, they would overcome the world. For what lover would not choose rather to be seen by all mankind than by his beloved, either when abandoning his post or throwing away his arms? He would be ready to die a thousand deaths rather than endure this.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.