Wishing does not make a poor man rich.

When I talked no one listened to me. But as soon as I acted I became persuasive and I no longer find anyone incredulous.

Untilled ground however rich will bring forth thistles and thorns so also the mind of man.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.

As long as you can start you are all right. The juice will come.

In the game of life nothing is less important than the score at half time.

I observed once to Goethe ... that when a friend is with us we do not think the same of him as when he is away. He replied "Yes! because the absent friend is yourself and he exists only in your head...

In real friendship the judgment the genius the prudence of each party become the common property of both.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge.

It is characteristic of spontaneous friendship to take on without enquiry and almost at first sight the unseen doings and unspoken sentiments of our friends the part known gives us evidence enough...

It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools.

Acquaintance I would have but when it depends not on the number but the choice of friends.

As in the case of wines that improve with age the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

Flattery makes friends truth enemies.

Between friends there is no need of justice.

It is well when judging a friend to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

Fond as we are of our loved ones there comes at times during their absence an unexplained peace.