Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humorous read more

Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective.

Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy. read more

Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy. On the contrary, in friendship union is more about ideal things: and in that sense it is more ideal and less subject to trouble than marriage is.

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

Friendship can sometimes end in love, but love in friendship, never.

Friendship can sometimes end in love, but love in friendship, never.

Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life.

Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.

To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any read more

To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in social life.

Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.

Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.