Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education.
No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul
The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.
... for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves.
A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality.
Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself up as honored, not on his own account, but for the sake of his forefathers. Yet hereditary honors are a noble and splendid treasure to descendants.