If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

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

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.

"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"