Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life.

The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

If anyone comes to the gates of poetry and expects to become an adequate poet by acquiring expert knowledge of the subject without the Muses' madness, he will fail, and his self-controlled verses will be eclipsed by the poetry of men who have been driven out of their minds.

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.