Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.

Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value read more

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, read more

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.
- George Bancroft,

A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.

A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

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.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

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.