Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.'

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.'

To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it's a thrill to start a friendship even read more

To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it's a thrill to start a friendship even up.

In my friend, I find a second self.

In my friend, I find a second self.

In friendship I early was taught to believe;
. . . .
I have found that a read more

In friendship I early was taught to believe;
. . . .
I have found that a friend may profess, yet deceive.

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity
by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
[Lat., Secundas res splendidiores read more

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity
by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
[Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas
partiens communicansque leviores.]

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.

Friendship is the art of overlooking the failings and weaknesses of others.

Friendship is the art of overlooking the failings and weaknesses of others.

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

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

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet read more

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.