Prosperity knits a man to the world.

“Who are you?” One who has waited long for you to speak.

In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets... Hence true Friendship is the least jealous of loves. Two friends delight to be joined by a third, and three by a fourth, if only the newcomer is qualified to become a real friend. They can then say, as the blessed souls say in Dante, "Here comes one who will augment our loves." For in this love "to divide is not to take away.

What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.

Of course language is not an infallible guide, but it contains, with all its defects, a good deal of stored insight and experience.

In your world, I have another name. You should know me by it.

The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start examining your satisfaction.