"Any peace is better than any war."

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."

"Wealth is well known to be a great comforter."

"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."

"An accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men."

"Either never, or very seldom, do the quiet actions in life appear to be better than the quick and energetic ones."

"What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable of following if someone else tries to lead them to it, and who can see many moral actions, but not morality itself, and so on? That they only ever entertain beliefs, and do not know any of the things they believe?"

"All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance."

"Music then is simply the result of the effects of Love on rhythm and harmony."

"Wonder is the only beginning of philosophy."