Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediately we are together.

Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Women give nothing to friendship except what they borrow from love.

People who cannot bear to be alone are generally the worst company

"When a child walks down the road, a company of angels goes before him proclaiming, 'Make way for the image of the Holy One.'"