I am about to die, and that is the hour in which men are gifted with prophetic power.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

Who are the true philosophers? Those whose passion is to love the truth.

Courage is knowing what to fear.

Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape, fortune, name, and nature all decay

And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance that we judge well.

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