Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation read more

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can read more

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
[Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut
amicitia munus expletum sit.]

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let read more

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.

Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is read more

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we
impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and
comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is
an everlasting pleasure to us.