We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.
Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.
Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.