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If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

Furthermore, Friendship seems to be the bond of Social Communities, and legislators seem to be more anxious to secure it than Justice even.

There is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women

There are darknesses in life, and there are lights; you are one of the lights.

The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together.

Come back, before I am grown into a very old man, so as you shall hardly know me.

The brain of man is the social organ, the organ of communication. Through it flows the current of thought, whereby we are enabled to work together.

If we work together, there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve.

Chide me when I do anything that is not well, but then make haste to tell me that you have forgiven me, and that you are what I shall ever be, a faithful friend.

How I should love that plain-heartedness you speak of, if you would use it; nothing is civil but that amongst friends.

A boy of spirit may acquire a previous and practical experience of the world; and his playfellows may be the future friends of his heart or his interest.

we never could differ about the worth and comfort of domestic affection

Husband, lover, nurse--not one of these, has Robert been to me, but all three together.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather, Understand one another.

The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?

We must hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend, a loving parent, a citizen who leaves his home, his neighborhood and town better than he found it.

Had it not been for the persistent encouragement of Miss Sullivan, I think I should have given up trying to write altogether.

What wealth is it to have such friends that we cannot think of them without elevation!

Friends are as often brought nearer together as separated by death.

In short, we ought to do justice in a kindly spirit to all nations and require justice from them in return.

The friend, however, took her in, and the friend's husband was obliged to sleep upon a bench in the park every night for a week, which he did uncomplainingly if not cheerfully.

Your strength can compensate for my weakness, and your wisdom can help to minimize my mistakes.

We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts.

There are some days when we need a hand. There are other days when we're called on to lend one.