Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

...be more guided by hope than fear.

To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man's heart.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose.

How much luckier than all the rest of mankind are the astrologers who, if they tell one truth among a hundred lies, obtain so much credit that even their lies are believed.

He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short.