A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.

Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest.

Sometimes we lose friends for whose loss our regret is greater than our grief, and others for whom our grief is greater than our regret.

Selfishness is the grand moving principle of nine-tenths of our actions.

It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.