A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.

My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.

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.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your read more

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

The hardest part about being friends, is loving you so much

The hardest part about being friends, is loving you so much

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.

Friend, of my infinite dreams
Little enough endures;
Little howe'er it seems,
It is read more

Friend, of my infinite dreams
Little enough endures;
Little howe'er it seems,
It is yours, all yours.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful
friend;
Gold some decayeth, and worldly read more

There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful
friend;
Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth in
the winde;
But love once planted in a perfect and pure minde indureth weale
and woe;
The frownes of fortune, come they never so unkinde, cannot the
same overthrowe.
- edited by John Payne Collier,