Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Do not make mistakes about character. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods.

There is no wilderness like a life without friends; friendship multiplies blessings and minimizes misfortunes; it is a unique remedy against adversity, and it soothes the soul.

Pay respect that you may be respected, and know that to be esteemed you must show esteem.

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive -- for that is common -- but being missed when you leave.

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief.

One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground.

Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

If talking to yourself when alone is a sign of madness, then listening to yourself in front of others is doubly so.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

He who has slaked his thirst, immediately turns his back on the well, no longer needing it. When dependence disappears, so does civility and decency, and then respect.

Pride yourself on the fact that if gallantry, generosity, and fidelity disappeared from the world, they could be found in you.

When caprice and conviction are found together, they are always indissolubly wed to folly.

Engage with reason so misfortune doesn't contend with you.

Nothing arouses ambition so much as the trumpet clang of another's fame.