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.

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but read more

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our ow.

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.

I only understand friendship or scorched earth.

I only understand friendship or scorched earth.

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; read more

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things read more

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

In my friend, I find a second self.

In my friend, I find a second self.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.