Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which read more

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can read more

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
[Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut
amicitia munus expletum sit.]

Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

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,

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another: people are friends read more

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another: people are friends in spots.

A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment

A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment

Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.

Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.

Friendship demands the ability to do without it.

Friendship demands the ability to do without it.

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?