He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.

Tell me what company thou keepest and I'll tell thee what thou art.

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

The pen is the tongue of the soul; as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.