The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed.
Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it.
The man who hath music in his soul will be most in love with the loveliest.
If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.
The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole.
If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.