Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
Learning is its own exceeding great reward.
Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's.
Common sense, to most people, is nothing more than their own opinions.
Envy is littleness of soul.
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.