There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes, And spares your modesty the task His friendly aid to ask. A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear, When pointing at the object dear.

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

One often has need of one inferior to himself.

Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.

He knows the universe and does not know himself.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.