It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger. (Samuel Johnson)

It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger.

Samuel Johnson

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