Status in English

A friend is a second self.

Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

The most important thing by far is to be a master of metaphor.

Excellence is never an accident. It is the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Nature does nothing uselessly.

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

In a democracy, the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.