Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem.
Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires.
As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.
That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own.
May you live all the days of your life.