Moderation resembles temperance. We are not so unwilling to eat more, as afraid of doing ourselves harm by it.

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

Nothing is so contagious as example.

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.

It is easier to fall in love when you are out of it than to get out of it when you are in.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

If one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship.