To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.

As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.