“Those who fail to provide for themselves will eventually injure their friends and those who always provide for their friends will eventually injure themselves.”

“Never injure a friend, even in jest.”

“Government will always be conducted for the benefit of those who govern. If the few alone govern, the interests of the few only will be provided for; if the people themselves have a share in the government, the interests of the many will be consulted.”

“There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God… These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside.”

“Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.”

“The Church attempted to regulate this rather violent society, and eventually a code of honor evolved known as the code of chivalry. (…) Those who aspired to be knights had to have aristocratic ancestors and wealth enough to own warhorses and armor and to provide for a team of supporters.”

“Is it not true that no two human beings understand anything whatsoever about each other, that those who consider themselves bosom friends may be utterly mistaken about their fellow and, failing to realize this sad truth throughout a lifetime, weep when they read in the newspapers about his death?”

“People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.”

“Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.”

“n the world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum.”