Hence it is from the representation of things spoken by means of posture and gesture that the whole of the art of dance has been elaborated.

Thinking is the soul talking to itself.

No man's nature is able to know what is best for the social state of man; or, knowing, always able to do what is best.

When you admonish a wrongdoer, do so gently, that it may not lead to hostility.

Evil is the vulgar lover who loves the body rather than the soul, inasmuch as he is not even stable, because he loves a thing which is in itself unstable, and therefore when the bloom of youth which he was desiring is over, he takes wing and flies away, in spite of all his words and promises; whereas the love of the noble disposition is life-long, for it becomes one with the everlasting.

All loves should be simply stepping stones to the love of God. So it was with me; and blessed be his name for his great goodness and mercy.

Love is a grave mental illness.