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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up read more
When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
A road to a friend's house is never long. -Danish proverb.
A road to a friend's house is never long. -Danish proverb.
To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to read more
To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to kill a fly on his friend's forehead.
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.
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take read more
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
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.
Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.
Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.
A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.