The affairs of music ought, somehow, to terminate in the love of the beautiful.

For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons will detest evil in men; their repugnance to wrong disinclines them to commit wrongful acts; they shun the unrighteous and are drawn to the upright.

No human thing is of serious importance.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

As the proverb says, "a good beginning is half the business" and "to have begun well" is praised by all.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit.