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

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

I love my kids, but I wouldn't want them for friends.

I love my kids, but I wouldn't want them for friends.

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does read more

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest read more

The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest virtue for its basis,
And such a friendship ends not but with life.

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship;
and pass the rosy wine.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship;
and pass the rosy wine.

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

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.