... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.

I do not live to play, but I play in order that I may live, and return with greater zest to the labors of life.

Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state.

When the music changes, the walls of the city shake.

To do injustice is the greatest of all evils.

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.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.