Emotions and Feelings

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning handsprings or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.

It isn’t tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it’s separating himself from all the others.

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, appreciated a little.

When one loves somebody, everything is clear—where to go, what to do—it all takes care of itself and one doesn’t have to ask anybody about anything.

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

Never hesitate to hold out your hand; never hesitate to accept the outstretched hand of another.

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.

Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push.

No man can be called friendless when he has God and the companionship of good books.

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for our ability to amuse them.

My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them!

Friends are relatives you make for yourself.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn’t seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.

The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Getting people to like you is only the other side of liking them.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Whatever a man’s age may be, he can reduce it several years by putting a bright-colored flower in his buttonhole.