Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.
Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.
When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.
A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.