AUGUST 15
"Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make our own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude."
Amiel's Journal.
"Everything that is mine, even to my life, I may give to one I love, but the secret of my friend is not mine to give."
Philip Sidney.
"When true friends part they should lock up one another's secrets and change the keys."
Feltham.
AUGUST 16