A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

To delay justice, is injustice.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.