"Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit"

"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes"

"All lasting business is built on friendship"

"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it"

"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles"

"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never"

"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue"

"Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it"

"A gift in season is a double favor to the needy"