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.

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things read more

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

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.

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,

When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume

When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume

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.

Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.

Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.

The hardest part about being friends, is loving you so much

The hardest part about being friends, is loving you so much