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.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

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.

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your read more

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never thought upon.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never thought upon.

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 world is round so that friendship may encircle it.

The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.

The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest read more

The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest virtue for its basis,
And such a friendship ends not but with life.