“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
“Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.”
“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.”
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“Justice means minding one’s own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.”
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.”
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.”