Plato

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.