Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good....

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.