In need of some treadmill reading recently, I grabbed our copy of Bennett's Book of Virtues off the shelf and opened it in the middle. I landed in the chapter on friendship and have been enjoying much of the content there. Here's a good quote from James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson:
" . . . friendship becomes insensibly old in much less time than is commonly imagined, and not many years are required to make it very mellow and pleasant. Warmth will, no doubt, make a considerable difference. Men of affectionate temper and bright fancy will coalesce a great deal sooner than those who are cold and dull."
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