To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.

And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth.

The man who hath music in his soul will be most in love with the loveliest.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

Democracy passes into despotism.

The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality.