The law of familiarity says that if we are around anything (or anyone) long enough, we tend to take things just a little bit for granted.

Je sais combien nous sommes sujets à nous méprendre en ce qui nous touche, et combien aussi les jugements de nos amis nous doivent être suspects, lorsqu’ils sont en notre faveur.

In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us. In Adversity We Know Our friends.

You know, without realizing it we fill important places in each other's lives.

In prosperity, our friends know us. In adversity, we know our friends

We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people’s lives.

Wisely and slowly; they stumble that run fast.

Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened.

The customs and practices of life in society sweep us along.

Maybe when you meet the people you are supposed to meet you know it, without knowing it.

We tiptoed around each other like heartbreaking new friends.

To think that we might easily have gone through life not knowing each other, missing all this free flow of love and ideas and warmth and sharing...

Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.

We easily forgive in our friends those faults we do not perceive.