I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best read more

I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best of all.

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can read more

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
[Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut
amicitia munus expletum sit.]

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.

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.

A friend is a second self.

A friend is a second self.

Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul,
Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul,
Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

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.