One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Friendship is the art of overlooking the failings and weaknesses of others.

Friendship is the art of overlooking the failings and weaknesses of others.

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.]

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts read more

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your read more

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his read more

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one. -Robert E. Lee.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one. -Robert E. Lee.