Friends, though absent, are still present.
Calamus fortior gladio.
To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship.
History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life
The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.
Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.