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.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

It so often happens that others are measuring us by our past self while we are looking back on that self with a mixture of disgust and sorrow.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.

"Abroad," that large home of ruined reputations.

Better a false belief than no belief at all.