The true runner comes to the finish and receives the prize and is crowned.

Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.

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.

Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or from cowardice fall behind.

The qualities of number appear to lead to the apprehension of truth.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction.