The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow,
We will stand by each other, however it blow.

Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow,
We will stand by each other, however it blow.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us read more

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled read more

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. read more

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. Thanks to Maria Marquis -Katherine Mansfield.

Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand.

Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value read more

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.