“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”

“It is in the character of very few people to honour a prosperous friend without envy, and these very few people tend to become best friends.”

“A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.”

“Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.”

“In this world, there must be a certain degree of honor just as there must be a certain amount of light. When there are many men without honor, there will always be some others who bear in themselves the honor of many men.”

“Adversity removes the friends prosperity has harvested.”