Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.

Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

While there's life, there's hope.

There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.