Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things human and divine conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
As in the case of wines that improve with age the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue not a companion in vice.
Honor is the reward of virtue.
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
No man in his senses will dance.
The precept "Know yourself " was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind but likewise that we might understand our own worth.
No man was ever great without a touch of divine afflatus.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all other virtues.
When you are aspiring to the highest place it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
Socrates indeed when he was asked of what country he called himself said "Of the world" for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
There is something pleasurable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.
I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.
The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.
Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.