“A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.”– Hedy Lamarr Related Quotes “For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.”– Thomas Carlyle “Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.”– Ann Landers “Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‘This is a misfortune’ but ‘To bear this worthily is good fortune.’”– Marcus Aurelius