Love is like the wild-rose briar;
Friendship is like the holly-tree.
The holly is dark when the rose briar blooms,
But which will bloom most constantly?
Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success, by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
-- Emily Bronte, (Jul 30 1818-1848), English novelist; She is best known for her novel Wuthering Heights, 1848.