Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship
He never could have loved me, or he would not have resigned me so willingly
It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth.
No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.
I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation.