One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things read more

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

For friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.

For friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing read more

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value read more

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your read more

People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless the years and happy times when you meant a lot to each other, but try not to have the guilts if new people mean more to you now.

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.