“Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
“To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as one is pitied.
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence