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.
Ah lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
Men always makes gods in their own image.
The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.
Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit...
