Music is the harmonization of opposites; the conciliation of warring elements.
He buries gold who hides the truth.
So tutor youth that the sins of age be not imputed to thee.
As the sea-crab swimmeth always against the stream, so doth wit always against wisdom.
Let exercise alternate with rest.
Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
Without Justice, no realm may prosper.
Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.
A stone is frozen music.
Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.
Do not despise anyone: an atom shadowing.
The earth affords a lavish supply of richess of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only beasts satisfy their hunger with flesh, and not even all of those, because horses, cattle, and sheep live on grass.
Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
Let a man use great reverence and manners to himself.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
In this theater of man’s life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.
Friendship is one soul in two bodies.