Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies.

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies.

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.

Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth.
With friends there is not such a word as debt:
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Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth.
With friends there is not such a word as debt:
Where amity is ty'd with band of truth,
All benefits are there in common set.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of read more

I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.

The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends, And no investment on the street pays larger read more

The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends, And no investment on the street pays larger dividends, For life is more than stocks and bonds, and love than rate percent, And he who gives in friendship's name shall reap what he has spent.

There is no friendship in trade.

There is no friendship in trade.

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.