We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?
When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.
All things are in common among friends.
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.