No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy.

Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good.

Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.

An agreement of rash men (a conspiracy).

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundary.