There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment is so broadening to the sympathies or so enlightening to the understanding. Other pursuits belong not to all times, all ages, all conditions; but this gives stimulus to our youth and diversion to our old age; this adds a charm to success, and offers a haven of consolation to failure. Through the night-watches, on all our journeyings, and in our hours of ease, it is our unfailing companion.

Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.