Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.

In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.

If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Friendship, on the other hand, serves a great host of different purposes all at the same time. In whatever direction you turn, it still remains yours. No barrier can shut it out. It can never be untimely; it can never be in the way. We need friendship all the time, just as much as we need the proverbial prime necessities of life, fire and water.