Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken.

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

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

A man is ridiculous less through the characteristics he has than through those he affects to have.

We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.