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Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot read more
Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter.
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, read more
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your read more
People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless the years and happy times when you meant a lot to each other, but try not to have the guilts if new people mean more to you now.
Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.
Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.
To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to read more
To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to kill a fly on his friend's forehead.
I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you read more
I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses.