Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds.

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk without loss of esteem

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk without loss of esteem

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so read more

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.

Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.

When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.