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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.
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.
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. -Randolph S. Bourne.
Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. -Randolph S. Bourne.
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.
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.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands read more
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.
What is the odds so long as the fire of souls is kindled at the
taper of conwiviality, and read more
What is the odds so long as the fire of souls is kindled at the
taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a
feather?