“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.”

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

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

“He is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude.”

“A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.”

“Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.”