Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common.

Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.

The crutch of Time accomplishes more than the club of Hercules.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

There is no wilderness like a life without friends.