Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.
Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.