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Some there are that have no silence, and that kill the silence around them, and these are the only creatures that pass through life unperceived.

Who has not known those silent moments which separated the lips to reunite the souls?

There is nothing so unsociable and sociable as man, the one by his vice, the other by his nature.

Your heart is wounded with compassion to hear the mourning of friends, and, perhaps with anger, to hear the counterfeit condolings of pretenders.

Men who are successful always seek the company of others who are successful, while men who are on the ragged side of life always seek the company of those who are in similar circumstances.

this vice of ingratitude has its source either in avarice or in suspicion

In love there is no first nor last!

freedom in speech is friendly and has weight, but reproach is selfish and little

Whereas having many friends puts people apart and severs and disunites them, by transferring and shifting the tie of friendship too frequently, and does not admit of a mixture and welding of goodwill by the diffusing and compacting of intimacy.

Only in love are unity and duality not at variance.

The laws of friendship are austere and eternal, of one web with the laws of nature and of morals.

Society we must have; but let it be society, and not exchanging news, or eating from the same dish.

We cannot expect to make everyone our friend, but we can try to make no one our enemy.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another--until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

Most men, when they repent, oblige their friends to share the bitterness of that repentance.

Think only when you see me, that you see a man who loves you, and is proud and glad that you love him.

Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.

Where there is great love there are always miracles.

Start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone.

There is then no sympathy, but an uneasy craving after it, and a dissatisfaction which pursues you on the way, and in the end probably produces ill-humour.

Most of the friends I have seen have turned out the bitterest enemies, or cold, uncomfortable acquaintance.

Old companions are like meats served up too often, that lose their relish and their wholesomeness.

Intimate friends are not fair witnesses to character, any more than professed enemies.

Arbitration is the true method of settlement of international as well as local or individual differences.

It is better therefore to listen patiently to a friend's rebuke, for if he should afterwards do wrong himself and so need rebuke, he has set you the example of freedom of speech.