If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

We ought to live sacrificing, and singing, and dancing.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Pepper is small in quantity and great in virtue.

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.