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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.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will read more
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him.
It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him.
Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.
Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat
of my bread, hath lifted up his read more
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat
of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
[Lat., Amicus est tanquam alter idem.]
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
[Lat., Amicus est tanquam alter idem.]
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.
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.