“In hard times, gold is a good friend and good friend is gold!”

“Bed is a good friend; book is a good friend; night is a good friend. Try to bring them all together.”

“Dog becomes a good friend with man whether the man himself is good or not!”

“Truths are immortal, my dear friend; they are immortal like God! What we call a falsity is like a fruit; it has a certain number of days; it is bound to decay. Whereas, what we call truth is like gold; days, months, even centuries can hide gold, can overlook it but they can never make it decay.”

“Storms are good friends because they light up the way to wisdom!”

“Cheerful poor is rich with a smile, sulky rich is poor with a bullion of gold.”

“A stomach without bread and a purse without gold have led to so many revolutions in history.”