Friendship demands the ability to do without it.

Friendship demands the ability to do without it.

Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand.

Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship;
and pass the rosy wine.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship;
and pass the rosy wine.

Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.

Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.

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.

The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him read more

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. -Benjamin Disraeli.

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?