Alexander esteemed it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies.

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only in Temple rites because it carried the vibratory rhythms of other worlds and of a life beyond the mortal.

So also it is good not always to make a friend of the person who is expert in twining himself around us; but, after testing them, to attach ourselves to those who are worthy of our affection and likely to be serviceable to us.

So long as he was personally present, [Alcibiades] had the perfect mastery of his political adversaries; calumny only succeeded in his absence.

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.