Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his read more

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.

Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow,
We will stand by each other, however it blow.

Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow,
We will stand by each other, however it blow.

Friendship is the art of overlooking the failings and weaknesses of others.

Friendship is the art of overlooking the failings and weaknesses of others.

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties.

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties.

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

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.

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.'