The power of the Good has taken refuge in the nature of the Beautiful
... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only a euphemism for folly.
We ought to live sacrificing, and singing, and dancing.
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age