“If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.”

“We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us”

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”

“The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”

“[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.”

“To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd”