In adverse hours the friendship of the good shines most; each prosperous day commands its friends.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

Don't just listen to a good Advice, but also take it.

Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.

Boredom flourishes too, when you feel safe. It's a symptom of security.

Act without striving. Work without interfering. Find the flavour in what is flavourless.

The salient feature of America in the Age of Obama is a failed government class institutionally committed to living beyond its means, and a citizenry too many of whom are content to string along.

There is no gain without struggle.

We tell the real truth of our life by the stories we repeatedly tell.

Try not to live in a linguistic slum.

Friendship is strengthened by...that which ever so lightly elevates us from the trough of self-concern and self-devotion.