To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else. 631
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. 682
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. 654
