Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.

Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.

Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand.

Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't read more

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're read more

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.

Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.

Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
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Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, oh! save me from the candid friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.