Democracy appears to be safer and less liable to revolution than oligarchy. For in oligarchies there is the double danger of the oligarchs falling out among themselves and also with the people; but in democracies there is only the danger of a quarrel with the oligarchs. No dissension worth mentioning arises among the people themselves. And we may further remark that a government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of the imperfect forms of government.

All communication must lead to change

A friend is a second self.

Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic?

Nothing in life is more necessary than friendship.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook