We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is read more

We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses, there is at last one that makes the heart run over.

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendship and intimacies, read more

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendship and intimacies, and soon their places will know them no more, and yet they leave their friendships and intimacies with no cultivation, to grow as they will b.

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can read more

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
[Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut
amicitia munus expletum sit.]

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one read more

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.