But of the heaven which is above the heavens, what earthly poet ever did or ever will sing worthily?
Train children not by compulsion but as if they were playing.
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.