Friends are the sunshine of life.

Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends are the sunshine of life.

Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter.

The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories.

Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.

Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.