I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.

As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.

Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.

Themistocles replied that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and patterns of which can only be shown by spreading and extending it out; when it is contracted and folded up, they are obscured and lost.

It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others.