There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.

Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.

When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.

Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.