Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him:
a new friend is as new read more

Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him:
a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it
with pleasure.

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,

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

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.

It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him.

It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him.

Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.

Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.