It is given to us to live for the most part under the guidance of mathematics ... It is impossible to distinguish from other living creatures anyone …

- Cassiodorus

He is invited to do great things who receives small things greatly.

- Cassiodorus

Music doth extenuate fears furies appeaseth cruelty abateth heaviness and to such as are wakeful it causeth quiet rest; it cures all irksomeness and …

- Cassiodorus