“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”Essays, First Series — Friendship · View source
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“I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks.”Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 3 · View source
“Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?”Analects, Book 1 (Xue Er) · View source
“The consciousness of a well-spent life and the recollection of many virtuous actions are exceedingly delightful.”On Old Age, section 3 · View source
“The benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody.”Essays, First Series — Compensation · View source
“God bless us, every one!”A Christmas Carol, Stave Three · View source
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep.”Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2 · View source
“I would not wish any companion in the world but you.”The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 1 · View source
“Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.”Gitanjali, poem 36 · View source
“His work and his rest are filled with music: he sheds abroad the radiance of love.”Songs of Kabir, poem LXX (III.9), translated by Rabindranath Tagore · View source
“I have had my invitation to this world’s festival, and thus my life has been blessed.”Gitanjali, poem 16 · View source
“Thou art our Hands and our Heart and our Home.”The Golden Threshold — Harvest Hymn · View source