“No thing more excellent nor more valuable than wine was ever granted mankind by God.”

“The rhetorician need not know the truth about things; he has only to discover some way of persuading the ignorant that he has more knowledge than those who know.”

“You should not honor men more than truth.”

“A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.”

“Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent",in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".”

“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.”

“There is truth in wine and children”