A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and read more

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.

To the world you are just one person, but to one person you could mean the world.

To the world you are just one person, but to one person you could mean the world.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have read more

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.

A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found one hath found a treasure.

A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found one hath found a treasure.

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments read more

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of read more

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.