Doesn't this quote just call up feelings of comfort and home? Comparing friendship to the nest a bird lives in and builds with loving determination reminds me that having a solid relationship takes work and dedication. And yet, when you succeed in crafting a friendship, you can rest in the comfort it provides.

Every year strips us of at least one vain expectation, and teaches us to reckon some solid good in its stead.

We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.

There are robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.

There's things to put up wi' in ivery place, an' you may change an' change an' not better yourself when all's said an' done.

I take a dose of mathematics every day to prevent my brain from becoming quite soft.

This is a puzzling world, and Old Harry's got a finger in it.