Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage.

— Henry Adams

A friend in power is a friend lost.

— Henry Adams

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

— Henry Adams

A new friend is always a miracle, but at thirty-three years old, such a bird of paradise rising in the sage-brush was an avatar. One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

— Henry Adams

A new friend is always a miracle... One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

— Henry Adams

A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

— Henry Adams

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell where his influence stops.

— Henry Adams

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell where his influence stops.

— Henry Adams

Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.

— Henry Adams

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

— Henry Adams