The mortal nature is seeking as far as is possible to be everlasting and immortal: and this is only to be attained by generation, because the new is always left in the place of the old.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

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.

Only the dead will know the end of the war.

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful in gratifying them, he is esteemed a great statesman.

Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit.

There is truth in wine and children