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A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is
a friend that sticketh closer than a read more
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is
a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume
When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume
We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is read more
We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses, there is at last one that makes the heart run over.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same read more
Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.
Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to
engross his sorrows, that, by making read more
Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to
engross his sorrows, that, by making them mine own, I may more
easily discuss them; for in mine own reason, and within myself, I
can command that which I cannot entreat without myself, and
within the circle of another.
There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend
sincere enough to tell him disagreeable read more
There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend
sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.
True friends isn't about who came first and who you've known the longest, it's about who came and never left.
True friends isn't about who came first and who you've known the longest, it's about who came and never left.
Friend, of my infinite dreams
Little enough endures;
Little howe'er it seems,
It is read more
Friend, of my infinite dreams
Little enough endures;
Little howe'er it seems,
It is yours, all yours.