“Friendship often ends in love. But love in friendship; never.”

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”

“The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame”

“A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”

“If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself ~ all that runs over will be yours.”

“most men know what they hate; few what they love”

“A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.”