An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

Saving the virtues includes all other advantages

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.