[The Cretans have] more wit than words.

It is right to give every man his due.

True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they will not stay long. They run away from a man's mind, so they are not worth much until you tether them by working out the reason. Once they are tied down, they become knowledge, and are stable.

To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

. . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded. . . .

Philosophy is the highest music.

Hence it is from the representation of things spoken by means of posture and gesture that the whole of the art of dance has been elaborated.