“A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him.”

“Sudden love takes the longest time to be cured.”

“that man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect”

“Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.”

“One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.”

“There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain and he forgets to live.”

“When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman. ”