The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

I take it that our state, having been founded and built up on the right lines, is good in the complete sense of the word.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth.

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.

It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.

A good education consists in knowing how to sing and dance well.