Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

Above all have respect for yourself.

Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.