“Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.”
“Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.”
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
“Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?”
“When you fall in Love with someone, you can never imagine being without them. But when you fall in Love a second time, you can never imagine you were with them in the first place. Though Love continues on in the heart, the brain often forgets.”
“It has actually become very necessary in our time to rebut the theory that every firm and serious friendship is really homosexual.”