Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.

It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.

It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.

Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.