I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I haven't spoken to you recently, read more

I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I haven't spoken to you recently, but many times I hear your thoughts. Good friends must not always be together. It is the feeling of oneness, when distant that proves a lasting

There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful
friend;
Gold some decayeth, and worldly read more

There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful
friend;
Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth in
the winde;
But love once planted in a perfect and pure minde indureth weale
and woe;
The frownes of fortune, come they never so unkinde, cannot the
same overthrowe.
- edited by John Payne Collier,

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.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, read more

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who read more

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.

Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making read more

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

Let us be friends, Cinna, it is I who invite you to be so.
[Fr., Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est read more

Let us be friends, Cinna, it is I who invite you to be so.
[Fr., Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est moi qui t'en convie.]