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.

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.

True friendship is seen through the heart not through the eyes.

True friendship is seen through the heart not through the eyes.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? I thought I was the read more

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? I thought I was the only one.'

Never Explain--your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway.

Never Explain--your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway.

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.

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.

I love my kids, but I wouldn't want them for friends.

I love my kids, but I wouldn't want them for friends.

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. read more

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.