Friendship should be in the singular; it can be no more plural than love.
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.
A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.
The passions do not die out; they burn out.
After the age of eighty, all contemporaries are friends.