For he, indeed, who looks into the face of a friend beholds, as it were, a copy of himself.

I follow nature as the surest guide, and resign myself with implicit obedience to her sacred ordinances.

To give counsel, as well as to take it, is a feature of true friendship.

Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

Vicious habits are so great a stain to human nature, and so odious in themselves, that every person actuated by right reason would avoid them, though he were sure they would be always concealed both from God and man, and had no future punishment entailed upon them.