Strain every nerve to gain your point.

They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

It is a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but are remembering and recalling them.

Hatred is settled anger.

He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.