The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner

Topics: Friendship Quotes

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had...

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

I have always known - That at last I would - Take this road, but...

I have always known - That at last I would - Take this road, but...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of...

There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of...

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties...

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties...

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...