There are worse words than cuss words; there are words that hurt.
Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.
Flattery makes friends, truth enemies.
Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.
If we all told what we know of one another, there would not be four friends in the world
We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked ... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable.
If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.
The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
So often the truth is told with hate, and lies are told with love.
Give me the avowed, the erect and manly foe, Bold I can meet, perhaps may turn the blow; But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save, oh save me from the candid friend!
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
There is not so good an understanding between any two, but the exposure by the one of a serious fault in the other will produce a misunderstanding in proportion to its heinousness.
A cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around.
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudo-simplicities of brutal directness.
What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
