It does not require many words to speak the truth
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.  It is easy, we think, to be loyal to family and clan, whose blood is in our own veins.  Love between man and woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self seeking.  But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

Do not grieve.  Misfortune will happen to the wisest and best of men.  Death will come, always out of season.  It is the command of the Great Spirit, and all nations and people must obey.  What is past and cannot be prevented should not be grieved for… Misfortunes do not flourish particularly in our lives - they grow everywhere.  Big Elk - Omaha Chief