The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.
Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect.
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
No one will persist long in helping someone who will not help themselves.
There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.
No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance, or to extinguish the desire of fond endearments and tender officiousness; and, therefore, no one should think it unnecessary to learn those arts by which friendship may be gained.