True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Know or listen to those who know.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.