Friendship is a precious gift that can't be bought or sold. It's value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the love and trust of friends. It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
Marlene DietrichIn language gender is particularly confusing. Why, please, should a table be male in German, female in French, and castrated in English?
Marlene Dietrich