Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.
Have friends, not for the sake of receiving, but of giving.
Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.
As long as we love, we lend to the beloved object qualities of mind and heart which we deprive him of when the day of misunderstanding arrives.
Interest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship.
What is love? two souls and one flesh; friendship? two bodies and one soul.