Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!
You May Also Like / View all maxioms
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.
Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.
The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist.
The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist.
It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior read more
It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Friendships are fragile things and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing.
Friendships are fragile things and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing.
To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any read more
To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in social life.
To the world you are just one person, but to one person you could mean the world.
To the world you are just one person, but to one person you could mean the world.
Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
