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.

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.

Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

Before beginning, prepare carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.