Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

Remember, your relationships have not been designed by God as vehicles for human happiness, but as instruments of redemption.

Each of us is tempted to make relationships the end rather than the means

The health and maturity of a relationship are not measured by an absence of problems, but by the way the inevitable problems are handled.

I must remember that a good friend is a new world.

I like the duchess very much, but I don't love her. And the duchess loves you very much, but she likes you less, so you are excellently matched.

Yes Harry I believe that is true. I cannot help telling you things. You have a curious influence over me. If I ever did a crime I would come and confess it to you. You would understand me.

It is possible, of course, that I may exaggerate about them. I certainly hope that I do; for where there is no exaggeration there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding. It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiassed opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiassed opinion is always valueless.

Ah, Robbie, when we are dead and buried in our porphyry tombs, and the trumpet of the Last Judgement is sounded, I shall turn and whisper to you, 'Robbie, Robbie, let us pretend we do not hear it.

One's own soul, and the passions of one's friends—those were the fascinating things in life.

encouragement can be given any time, even when things go poorly.

If you have your family's support, you can overcome anything.