You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a read more

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. read more

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another: people are friends read more

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another: people are friends in spots.

I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you read more

I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't read more

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that read more

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich read more

Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.