In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.
If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?
No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.