Courage is knowing what not to fear.
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
Music gives soul to the universe wings to the mind flight to the imagination and life to everything.
Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
...for anyone with any sense, a small number of intelligent people are more alarming than a crowd of unintelligent ones.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.