“There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.”
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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.
