Every man carries the entire form of human condition.

A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

In true friendship, in which I am expert, I give myself to my friend more than I draw him to me. I not only like doing him good better than having him do me good, but also would rather have him do good to himself than to me; he does me most good when he does himself good.