Friendship

"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."

"Our cause, then, must be intrusted to, and conducted by, its own undoubted friends—those whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work—who do care for the result. Two years ago the Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred thousand strong. We did this under the single impulse of resistance to a common danger, with every external circumstance against us. Of strange, discordant, and even, hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud, and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then to falter now?—now when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered, and belligerent? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail—if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come."

"When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, "I am going to destroy them. I am going to make them my friends.""

"Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends."

"Great souls by instinct to each other turn, Demand alliance, and in friendship burn."

"The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break."

"It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him."

"Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures; Little howe'er it seems, It is yours, all yours."

"Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society."

"Let my hand, This hand, lie in your own—my own true friend; Aprile! Hand-in-hand with you, Aprile!"

"Hand Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship, And great hearts expand And grow one in the sense of this world's life."

"We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine."

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o' lang syne?"

"Should old acquaintance be forgot, And never thought upon."

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, Though they return with scars."

"His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither— They had been fou for weeks thegither!"

"Ah! were I sever'd from thy side, Where were thy friend and who my guide? Years have not seen, Time shall not see The hour that tears my soul from thee."

"Friendship is Love without his wings!"

"In friendship I early was taught to believe; * * * * * * I have found that a friend may profess, yet deceive."

"'Twas sung, how they were lovely in their lives, And in their deaths had not divided been."

"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."

"Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth. With friends there is not such a word as debt: Where amity is ty'd with band of truth, All benefits are there in common set."

"Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends, He hurts me most who lavishly commends."

"Friends I have made, whom Envy must commend, But not one foe whom I would wish a friend."

"Amicus est tanquam alter idem."

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

"Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores."

"Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut amicitia munus expletum sit."

"Friendship is a sheltering tree."

"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."

"Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est moi qui t'en convie."

"The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear it."

"As we sail through life towards death, Bound unto the same port—heaven,— Friend, what years could us divide?"

"Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, We will stand by each other, however it blow."

"Les amis—ces parents que l'on se fait soi-même."

"Wal'r, my boy," replied the captain; "in the Proverbs of Solomon you will find the following words: 'May we never want a friend in need, nor a bottle to give him!' When found, make a note of."

"What is the odds so long as the fire of souls is kindled at the taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a feather?"

"Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine."

"The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again."

"For friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity."

"Be kind to my remains; and O defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend."

"The poor make no new friends; But oh, they love the better still The few our Father sends."

"Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable unto him. A new friend is as new wine: when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure."

"The fallying out of faithful frends is the reunyng of love."

"Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms."

"Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up."

"So, if I live or die to serve my friend, 'Tis for my love —' tis for my friend alone, And not for any rate that friendship bears In heaven or on earth."

"To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in social life."

"A day for toil, an hour for sport, But for a friend is life too short."

"Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires more time than poor, busy men can usually command."