Music gives wings to the mind and flight to the imagination.

A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge.

When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen.

He who has followed the path of love's initiation in the proper order will on arriving at the end suddenly perceive a marvelous beauty, the source of all our efforts

Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures.