Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because read more

Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by virtue of similarity, the other by difference.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in
their death they were not divided: they read more

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in
their death they were not divided: they were swifter than
eagles, they were stronger than lions.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. read more

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. Thanks to Maria Marquis -Katherine Mansfield.

Agreement in likes and dislikes--this, and this only, is what
constitutes true friendship.

Agreement in likes and dislikes--this, and this only, is what
constitutes true friendship.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; read more

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair.

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.'

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.'

Friendship demands the ability to do without it.

Friendship demands the ability to do without it.