Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle: age but increases...

A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle: age but increases...

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original...

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original...

The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, though that...

The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, though that...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says,...

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says,...

Conventionality is not morality.

Conventionality is not morality.

What worse illness can there be than acute conventionality. You should pray every night that...

What worse illness can there be than acute conventionality. You should pray every night that...