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The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.

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A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

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A sympathetic friend can be quite dear as a brother.

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Man is the vainest of allcreatures that have their being upon earth. As long as heavenvouchsafes him health and strength, he thinks that he shall come...more

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There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting...more

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For I say there is no other thing that is worse than the sea is for breaking a man, even though he may a very strong one.