Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

When they remain silent, they cry out.

Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

Saving the virtues includes all other advantages

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

That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in.

Men do not realize how great an income thrift is.