"Familiarity is a suspension of almost all..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.”

“Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.”

“Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.”

“Proximity bred familiarity, and familiarity bred comfort.”

“I love words but I don't like strange ones. You don't understand them and they don't understand you. Old words is like old friends, you know 'em the minute you see 'em.”

“Familiarity seems to breed contempt”

“Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.”

“it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds." - Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President”

“If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.”