A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.

I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.

The happy man in this life needs friends.

Prostitution in the towns is like the cesspool in the palace; take away the cesspool and the palace will become an unclean and evil smelling-place.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person against whom it is committed, the graver the sin-it is more criminal to strike a head of state than a private citizen-and God is of infinite greatness. Therefore an infinite punishment is deserved for a sin committed against Him.