With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.

A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.

It is evident, then, that there is a sort of education in which parents should train their sons, not as being useful or necessary, but because it is liberal or noble.

The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.

Every formed disposition of the soul realizes its full nature in relation to and dealing with that class of objects by which it is its nature to be corrupted or improved.