Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
There is a pleasure in not being pleased.
He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any.
It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.