What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

Kindness is produced by kindness.

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.

Thrift is of great revenue.

Leisure with dignity.