A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.
I expect that all of us get pretty much what we deserve of appreciation.
The friend is the person whom one is in need of and by whom one is needed.
A well begun is half ended.
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.