But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man. The heart has its reasons that reason cannot know. Pascal It takes, on average, about fifteen years to become an over-night success. Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo DaVinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.
It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man. Santee Sioux Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance. It is only by not trusting that you turn someone into a liar.