We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.

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.

Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

What the multitude says, is so, or soon will be so.