"There are two kinds of people:  those who wear badly and those who wear well.

     The folk who wear badly usually begin by making a good impression. . .they are so pleasant, ready to flatter, and so eager to help.  But as time goes on you find them just not as wonderful as you were sure they were at first.
     The second type are folk who, at first, are perhaps a bit too quiet, anything but fascinating or amusing and certainly never showy. . .but as time goes on you discover they mean what they say, they lend a hand, and you can depend upon them.  The first wear badly.  The others wear well."

~Francis Gay, The FRIENDSHIP BOOK, 1969