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.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who read more

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

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.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask read more

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future pluses.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book read more

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.rnRead more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abraham_lincoln_2.html#0P2cCWMdWjEvdFdb.99rn

Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.

Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
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Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, oh! save me from the candid friend.