No one deserves to live who has not at least one good-man-and-true for a friend.

The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.

The enmity of one's kindred is far more bitter than the enmity of strangers.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

False men and shams talk big and do nothing.

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

Making money is not without its value, but nothing is baser than to make it by wrong-doing.

Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.

There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.

Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.