Virtue is presupposed in friendship.
Greatness, as we daily see it, is unsociable.
Old trees in their living state are the only things that money cannot command.
Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always.
I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.