Cheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive.

Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity.

We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.

Wit is the god of moments, but Genius is the god of ages.

Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.