I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best read more

I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best of all.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation read more

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

One kiss breaches the distance between friendship and love

One kiss breaches the distance between friendship and love

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent read more

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.

There is no friendship in trade.

There is no friendship in trade.

To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend read more

To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can read more

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
[Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut
amicitia munus expletum sit.]

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Unknown Friends are the siblings, God never gave us. -Mencius.

Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Unknown Friends are the siblings, God never gave us. -Mencius.