To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.
Philosophy begins in wonder.
The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect - it is too exciting.
More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else.
When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.
A written discourse on any subject is bound to contain much that is fanciful.