There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!

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I sat with him for three hours and we did not exchange a single word. At the end he handed me, as he had done before, an envelope with money in it. It would have been much nicer if he had enclosed a greeting or a loving word. I would have been so pleased if he had.

I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.