The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, read more

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.
- George Bancroft,

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.

I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you read more

I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing read more

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

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. -Samuel Johnson.

To lose a friend is hardship, but to forget them is as if you died too.

To lose a friend is hardship, but to forget them is as if you died too.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.

Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.