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Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.
Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.
Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.
Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life.
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands read more
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.
Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to
engross his sorrows, that, by making read more
Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to
engross his sorrows, that, by making them mine own, I may more
easily discuss them; for in mine own reason, and within myself, I
can command that which I cannot entreat without myself, and
within the circle of another.
Agreement in likes and dislikes--this, and this only, is what
constitutes true friendship.
Agreement in likes and dislikes--this, and this only, is what
constitutes true friendship.
When you are at your best everybody can be your friend, but when you are at your worst only the read more
When you are at your best everybody can be your friend, but when you are at your worst only the true ones stay.
Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is read more
Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we
impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and
comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is
an everlasting pleasure to us.
In my friend, I find a second self.
In my friend, I find a second self.