Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity.

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.

Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted.