Friendship is to be purchased ...

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.
 Thomas F. Wilson

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I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse.
 Thomas F. Wilson
The Devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions.
 Thomas F. Wilson