You can't tell your friend you've been cuckolded; even if he doesn't laugh at you, he may put the information to personal use

It is not our follies that make me laugh it is our sapiences

We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound or offe

Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd

Satiety comes of too frequent repetition; and he who will not give himself leisure to be thirsty can never find the true pleasure of drinking

Nothing is so firmly believed as that which is least known