Friendship admits of difference of character, as love does that of sex.
Present unhappiness is selfish; past sorrow is compassionate.
A face which is always serene possesses a mysterious and powerful attraction: sad hearts come to it as to the sun to warm themselves again.
Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment.
Friends are rare for, the good reason that men are not common.
That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good.