“ Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night. ”

“ The friendship that can cease has never been real. ”

“ Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield. ”

“ True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks. ”

“ Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best. ”

“ The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. ”

“ A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. ”