We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find is an honest friend. He is a fortunate voyager who finds many. - Robert Louis Stevenson

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

...with a strong strong glow of courage, drank off the potion.

A birdie with a yellow bill
Hoped upon the window sill,
Cocked his shining eye and said:
'Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-'ead?

When a man is in a fair way and sees all life open in front of him, he seems to himself to make a very important figure in the world. His horse whinnies to him; the trumpets blow and the girls look out of window as he rides into town before his company; he receives many assurances of trust and regard--sometimes by express in a letter--sometimes face to face, with persons of great consequence falling on his neck. It is not wonderful if his head is turned for a time. But once he is dead, were he as brave as Hercules or as wise as Solomon, he is soon forgotten.