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.

I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God.

I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making read more

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful
friend;
Gold some decayeth, and worldly read more

There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful
friend;
Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth in
the winde;
But love once planted in a perfect and pure minde indureth weale
and woe;
The frownes of fortune, come they never so unkinde, cannot the
same overthrowe.
- edited by John Payne Collier,

It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.

It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.