Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy.
Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
Let a prince be guarded with soldiers, attended by councillors, and shut up in forts; yet if his thoughts disturb him, he is miserable.
I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot.
Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.