Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, 'sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.'

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your bishop.

The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define.

Each generation exercises power over its successors: and each, in so far as it modifies the environment bequeathed to it and rebels against tradition, resists and limits the power of its predecessors.

A little lie is like a little pregnancy it doesn't take long before everyone knows.

You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society.