The good, of course, is always beautiful, and the beautiful never lacks proportion.

If in a discussion of many matters ... we are not able to give perfectly exact and self-consistent accounts, do not be surprised: rather we would be content if we provide accounts that are second to none in probability.

Of all the things which a man has, next to the gods his soul is the most divine and most truly his own.

The Dance, of all the arts, is the one that most influences the soul. Dancing is divine in its nature and is the gift of God.

A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge.

As the government is, such will be the man.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.