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“I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks.”
Voice: Fictional character · Sebastian
Sebastian responds to Antonio’s costly loyalty with repeated thanks while also admitting that words alone are an inadequate repayment for practical care.
Source note: Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 3, Project Gutenberg #1526. Sebastian says this to Antonio after Antonio explains that fear for Sebastian’s safety drove him to follow despite the danger of returning to Illyria; it is character dialogue, not Shakespeare autobiography.
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“Happy is the house that shelters a friend!”
A home becomes meaningful through the quality of relationship it can shelter, not only through its comfort or possessions.
Source note: Emerson’s essay Friendship opens this passage by celebrating the house that receives a true friend.
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“We've got Father and Mother, and each other.”
Voice: Fictional character · Beth March
Beth answers material lack by naming the relationships the sisters still possess, turning family presence into a concrete reason for gratitude rather than denying hardship.
Source note: Little Women, Chapter I; Beth responds while the March sisters compare their poverty and disappointments at the beginning of the novel.
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“It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
Giving becomes deeper when it includes time, attention, effort, and presence rather than possessions alone.
Source note: The Prophet, “On Giving.”
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“You give but little when you give of your possessions.”
Possessions can be given without much personal cost; Gibran prepares the contrast with giving one’s own time and presence.
Source note: The Prophet, “On Giving.”
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“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”
A home gains much of its warmth and value from the people welcomed into it, not merely from possessions, decoration, or physical comfort.
Source note: Society and Solitude, “Domestic Life”; Emerson places friendship and the arrival of new people at the center of a lively and meaningful household.