Quotes from black hugh b iv

Friends are born, not made. At least it is so with the higher sort. The marriage of souls is a heavenly mystery, which we cannot explain, and which we need not try to explain.

Some men have a genius for friendship. That is because they are open and responsive, and unselfish.

The sweetest and most stable pleasures also are never selfish. They are derived from fellowship, from common tastes, and mutual sympathy.