It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
To keep is more important than to make friends.
Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity.
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.
You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.