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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.
It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that read more
It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.
People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your read more
People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless the years and happy times when you meant a lot to each other, but try not to have the guilts if new people mean more to you now.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
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.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that read more
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
I only understand friendship or scorched earth.
I only understand friendship or scorched earth.
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.
What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?
What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?