The flatterer's object is to please in everything he does; whereas the true friend always does what is right, and so often gives pleasure, often pain, not wishing the latter, but not shunning it either, if he deems it best.
An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.
Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue.
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.