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.

If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take read more

If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.

Friendship is Love without his wings!

Friendship is Love without his wings!

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, read more

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.
- George Bancroft,

What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have
despised!

What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have
despised!

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

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.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life.

Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow,
We will stand by each other, however it blow.

Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow,
We will stand by each other, however it blow.