Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.