The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

Democracy passes into despotism.

The power of the Good has taken refuge in the nature of the Beautiful

Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.

Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction.

In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but for the two together. With these means, man can attain perfection.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.