Most of our misfortunes are comments of our friends upon them.

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.

To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is self-love.

There is a cause/effect relationship between your investment in yourself and the future you have.

Your perspective changes relative to the frame through which you see things.

I feel the need of relations and friendship of affection of friendly intercourse. ... I cannot miss these things without feeling as does any other intelligent man a void and a deep need.

Five minutes after something happened might not be the best time for you to get into your Facebook and tell everybody. Men's panic does not produce God's power.

Friendship peculiar boon of Heaven The noble mind's delight and pride To men and angels only given To all the lower world denied.

Apparently there were seven stages of grief but that was a neat way of putting it. Grief was messy and didn't colour inside the lines.