True eloquence scorns eloquence. Pascal.
True fame is ever likened to our shade, / He sooneth misseth her, that most (haste) hath made / To overtake her; whoso takes his wing, / Regardless of her, she'll be following; / Her true proprietie she thus discovers, / Loves her contemners, and contemns her lovers. Sir T. Browne.
True fortitude I take to be the quiet possession of a man's self, and an undisturbed doing his duty, whatever evil besets him or danger lies in his way. Locke.
True fortitude of understanding consists in not 50 letting what we know be embarrassed by what we do not know. Emerson.
True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possession of anything without a partner. Sen.
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. Thoreau.
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. Washington.
True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. Colton.
True friendship often shows itself in refusing at the right time, and love often grants a hurtful good. Goethe.
True greatness is, first of all, a thing of the heart. R. D. Hitchcock.