"Advice is like snow;
the softer it falls,
the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into
the mind."
"The best mirror is an old friend."
"What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies."
"The friendship that can cease has never been real."
"I count myselt in nothing else so happy
As in a soul rememb'ring my good friends."
"I find friendship to be like wine,
raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk
and restorative cordial."
"Sir, more than kisses, letters, mingle souls;
For, thus friends absent speak."
"Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend
Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end."
"Friends have all things in common."
"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he
had all other goods."
"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."
"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. They
are but trifles,
to be sure but, scattered along life's pathway,
the good they do is inconceivable."
"No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for
whom it can feel trust
and reverence."
"It is a sweet thing, friendship, a dear balm,
A happy and auspicious bird of calm..."
"The best way to keep your friends is not to give them
away."
"The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it
is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed
characters."
"One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers,
the power of shared laughter."
"Friendship is always a sweet responsibilty, never an
oppourtunity."
"There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it
softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of
those who have no heart."
"I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I
deserved my friends."
"True friendship is never serene."
"When friends stop being frank and useful to each other,
the whole world loses some of its radiance."
"Friends are born, not made."
"This communicating of a man's self to his friend works
two contrary effects;
for it redoubleth joy, and cutteth griefs in half."
"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what is made
by the friends whom we choose."
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