"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand." ― Ella Wheeler Wilcox Topic(s): Friendship More From Ella Wheeler Wilcox "So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs." "The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind." "You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart." More In Friendship "A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity."― Robert Hall "There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten."― Samuel Johnson "If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give."― George MacDonald