Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your read more

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is read more

We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses, there is at last one that makes the heart run over.

A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.

A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.

The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest read more

The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest virtue for its basis,
And such a friendship ends not but with life.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are read more

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.