Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies.

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies.

Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul,
Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul,
Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living.

Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living.

Friendship demands the ability to do without it.

Friendship demands the ability to do without it.

There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.

There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent read more

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.