It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.

But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last.

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.

It's never too late to be who you were meant to be.

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen to do more harm.

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.