You cannot conceive the many without the one.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.

The only real ill-doing is the deprivation of knowledge.

The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods. More than any other thing that pertains to the body it partakes of the nature of the divine.

Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it.

If anyone comes to the gates of poetry and expects to become an adequate poet by acquiring expert knowledge of the subject without the Muses' madness, he will fail, and his self-controlled verses will be eclipsed by the poetry of men who have been driven out of their minds.

When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal on the face of the globe.