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Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, read more
Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.
To lose a friend is hardship, but to forget them is as if you died too.
To lose a friend is hardship, but to forget them is as if you died too.
Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.
Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
There is no friendship in trade.
There is no friendship in trade.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him read more
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to read more
To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to kill a fly on his friend's forehead.
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.
Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is read more
Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we
impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and
comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is
an everlasting pleasure to us.
