Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view.
Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak.
People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life to learn something is a joy to me.