Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never thought upon.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never thought upon.

We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't read more

We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't mind washing up beside you, dusting beside you, reading the back half of the paper while you read the front. We are friends and I would miss you, do miss you and think of you very often.

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.]

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. read more

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends read more

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots.