There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.
The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Friendship may well deserve the sacrifice of pleasure, though not of conscience.
You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
Riches seldom make their owners rich.