Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the mo….

The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself..

Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it..

Life should be lived as play..

You ought not to heal the body without the soul, for this is the great error of our day in treating the human body..

Before all it's necessary to look after the Soul, if you want the head and the rest of the body to function correctly..

If there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their beloved, they would be the very best governor….

Music gives wings to the mind and flight to the imagination..

Watch a man at play for an hour and you can learn more about him than in talking to him for a year..

The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful..

Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational t….

No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well..

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

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life..

The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light..

You can remember, a single deluge only, but there were many previous ones..

The wisest have the most authority..

Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or from cowardice fall behind..

I would fain grow old learning many things..

We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell..

In heaven there is laid up a pattern which he who chooses may behold, and beholding, set his own house in order. The time has now arrived at which th….