“How rare true love maybe, it is less so than true friendship.”

“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.”

“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”

“Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undecieved by them.”

“We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.”

“Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.”

“Some beautiful things are more impressive when left imperfect than when than when too highly finished”