I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
Our lives teach us who we are.
A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Where facts are few, experts are many.
It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.
Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.