“General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.”

I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.

I should infinitely prefer a book.

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

Time will explain.

The less said the better.

A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.

Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.

But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.

And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If you’re stuck in traffic, call a friend or listen to a favorite podcast. If you’re waiting in a long line, make friends with a person in line with you. There are lots of ways we can change the vibe.

We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

Innocence has a friend in heaven.

Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do.

We can never replace a friend. When a man is fortunate enough to have several, he finds they are all different. No one has a double in friendship.

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

Gangster is the truest friend I can ever ask for.