I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that read more

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up read more

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. -Edgar Watson Howe.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can read more

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.

Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

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.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.