“In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.”

“Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship—never.”

“Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.”

“Truth is harder to bear than ignorance, and so ignorance is valued more— also because the status quo depends on it; but love depends on self-knowledge and self-knowledge depends on being able to bear the truth.”

“Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child’s clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships.”

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”

“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.”

“Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.”

“True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.”

“Knowledge is not happiness, and science
But an exchange of ignorance for that
Which is another kind of ignorance.”