“No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.”

“A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.”

“Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.”

“A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”

“Wealth... is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much but wants more. ”

“If Satan ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has; they serve him better than any others, and receive no wages.”

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”