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.

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

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.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never thought upon.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never thought upon.

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.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands read more

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? I thought I was the read more

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? I thought I was the only one.'

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

Only a life lived for others is worth living

Only a life lived for others is worth living