Great Throughts Treasury

"Love is the marrow of friendship, and letters are the elixir of love."

"He who discovers his secrets to another sells him his liberty and becomes his slave."

"The face is oftentimes a true index of the heart."

"An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise."

"There is no sin we can be tempted to commit, but we shall find a greater satisfaction in resisting than in committing."

"Words are the soul's ambassadors, who go abroad upon her errands to and fro."

"War makes the thief, and peace brings him to the gallows."

"A stumble makes one take firmer footing."

"Friendship is the great chain of human society."

"Nurture overcomes nature."

"Creditors have better memories than debtors."

"Feed sparingly and defy the Physician."

"All we can do is be better prepared today than yesterday and better prepared tomorrow than today."

"The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor."