Everyone has his besetting sin.

Judge not by the number, but by the weight.

It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish.

He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

Fire and water are not of more universal use than friendship.