It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.

The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.

There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity?

In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.