We want but two or three ...

We want but two or three friends, but these we cannot do without, and they serve us in every thought we think.
We want but two or three friends, but these we cannot do without, and they serve us in every thought we think.

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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Our distrust is very expensive.
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.