A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
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Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, oh! save me from the candid friend.

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.

I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.

I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will read more

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

Friends make the bad times good, and the good times unforgettable.

Friends make the bad times good, and the good times unforgettable.

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, read more

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation that you ever had.

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us read more

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.

Ah! were I sever'd from thy side,
Where were thy friend and who my guide?
Years have read more

Ah! were I sever'd from thy side,
Where were thy friend and who my guide?
Years have not seen, Time shall not see
The hour that tears my soul from thee.