There is no desert like being friendless.

All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

Exaggeration is a branch of lying.

Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers.