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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which read more
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
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.
The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends, And no investment on the street pays larger read more
The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends, And no investment on the street pays larger dividends, For life is more than stocks and bonds, and love than rate percent, And he who gives in friendship's name shall reap what he has spent.
Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.
Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.
The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your read more
People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless the years and happy times when you meant a lot to each other, but try not to have the guilts if new people mean more to you now.
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us read more
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.