Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship.

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

To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.

Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

The works of nature must all be accounted good.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.