Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd.

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

Learning is a good medicine: but no medicine is powerful enough to preserve itself from taint and corruption independently of defects in the jar that it is kept in. One man sees clearly but does not see straight: consequently he sees what is good but fails to follow it; he sees knowledge and does not use it.

He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees.

Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.

To die is not to play a part in society; it is the act of a single person. Let us live and laugh among our friends; let us die and sulk among strangers.