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,

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that read more

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

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.

Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.

Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.

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.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

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.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship;
and pass the rosy wine.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship;
and pass the rosy wine.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that read more

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.