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

“If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme poverty.”

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

“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. ”

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

“The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself; he who goes away pleased with himself and his own wit is also greatly pleased with you. Most men would rather please than admire you; they seek less to be instructed, and even to be amused, than to be praised and applauded.”

“Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.”