Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, read more

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, read more

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.
- George Bancroft,

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity
by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
[Lat., Secundas res splendidiores read more

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity
by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
[Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas
partiens communicansque leviores.]

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.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

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.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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.

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is read more

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we
impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and
comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is
an everlasting pleasure to us.