“Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends.”Mary Catherwood (1847 – 1902) U.S. writer

“Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends.”Mary Catherwood (1847 – 1902) U.S. writer

“Distant relatives are the best kind, and the further the better.”Frank McKinney Hubbard (1868 – 1930) U.S. cartoonist and humorist

“Distant relatives are the best kind, and the further the better.”Frank McKinney Hubbard (1868 – 1930) U.S. cartoonist and humorist

“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing;Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another,Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence.”Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 82) U.S. poet

“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing;Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another,Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence.”Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 82) U.S. poet

“God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.”Anonymous (Quoted on BBC Radio Quote ... Unquote 2000)

“God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.”Anonymous (Quoted on BBC Radio Quote ... Unquote 2000)