"When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind."
"I criticize by creation, not by finding fault."
"What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk."
"Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty."
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief."