“Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends,for it is one of God's best gifts.”

“The trout fisher, like the landscape painter, haunts the loveliest places of the earth, and haunts them alone. Solitude and his own thoughtshe must be on the best terms with all of these; and he wh...”

“Shopkeepers the great landed and commercial interestsregularly sat and slept, and where the two publicans occupied pews, but seldom made even the pretence of worshipping.”

“Shopkeepers —the great landed and commercial interests—regularly sat and slept, and where the two publicans occupied pews, but seldom made even the pretence of worshipping.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”