Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

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.

Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.

Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.

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.

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.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does read more

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.