The things that we love tell us what we are.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.