A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families.

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their
friendship; and when they hear us praised read more

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their
friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe
it to sinister and interested motives if they can.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, read more

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.

Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.

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.

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,

A friend to all is a friend to none.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if
we are to be real friends.

You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if
we are to be real friends.