Oh, a friend! How true is that old saying, that the enjoyment of one is sweeter and more necessary than that of the elements of water and fire!

Everyone calls barbarity what he is not accustomed to.

Disappointment and feebleness imprint upon us a cowardly and valetudinarian virtue.

The conduct of our lives is the true mirror of our doctrine.

Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.

Obstinacy and contention are common qualities, most appearing in, and best becoming, a mean and illiterate soul.

Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.