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.

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.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o' lang syne?

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.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are read more

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

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.

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendship and intimacies, read more

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendship and intimacies, and soon their places will know them no more, and yet they leave their friendships and intimacies with no cultivation, to grow as they will b.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent read more

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.