Friendship is nothing else than entire fellow feeling as to all things human and divine with mutual good-will and affection; and I doubt whether anything better than this, wisdom alone excepted, has been given to man.

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.

If a man could mount to Heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had someone to share in his pleasure.

Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)

Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.

It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.