It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.