But we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends; without which the world is but a wilderness.

To seek to extinguish anger utterly is but a bravery of the Stoics. We have better oracles: 'Be angry, but sin not.' 'Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.'

There are two books laid before us to study, to prevent our falling into error; first, the volume of the Scriptures, which reveal the will of God; then the volume of the Creatures, which express His power.

Do not wonder if the common people speak more truly than those above them: they speak more safely.

The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.

If vices were profitable, the virtuous man would be the sinner.

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.