"True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and choice. Nor would I have Virtue a popular regard pursue: Let them be good that love me, though but few."

"To let friendship die away by negligence and silence, is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage."

"The endearing elegance of female friendship."

"Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world denied."

"If a man does not make new acquaintances, as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair."

"The new is older than the old; And newest friend is oldest friend in this: That, waiting him, we longest grieved to miss One thing we sought."

"True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit."

"Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; Expertus metuit."

"Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspir'd."

"A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows; One should our interests and our passions be, My friend must hate the man that injures me."

"Fast as the rolling seasons bring The hour of fate to those we love, Each pearl that leaves the broken string Is set in Friendship's crown above. As narrower grows the earthly chain, The circle widens in the sky; These are our treasures that remain, But those are stars that beam on high."

"For my boyhood's friend hath fallen, the pillar of my trust, The true, the wise, the beautiful, is sleeping in the dust."

"Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him."

"Devout, yet cheerful; pious, not austere; To others lenient, to himself sincere."

"Friendship is Love, without either flowers or veil."

"Friendship closes its eye, rather than see the moon eclipst; while malice denies that it is ever at the full."

"We never know the true value of friends. While they live, we are too sensitive of their faults; when we have lost them, we only see their virtues."

"A favourite has no friend."

"Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart."

"And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep?"

"Wer nicht die Welt in seinen Freunden sieht Verdient nicht, dass die Welt von ihm erfahre."

"An open foe may prove a curse, But a pretended friend is worse."

"'Tis thus that on the choice of friends Our good or evil name depends."

"Who friendship with a knave hath made, Is judg'd a partner in the trade."

"To friendship every burden's light."

"Friendship, like love, is but a name, Unless to one you stint the flame."

"A sudden thought strikes me—Let us swear an eternal friendship."

"There can never be deep peace between two spirits, never mutual respect, until, in their dialogue, each stands for the whole world."

"The condition which high friendship demands is ability to do without it."

"I hate the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify modish and worldly alliances."

"The highest compact we can make with our fellow is, — Let there be truth between us two forevermore. * * * It is sublime to feel and say of another, I need never meet, or speak, or write to him; we need not reinforce ourselves or send tokens of remembrance; I rely on him as on myself; if he did thus or thus, I know it was right."

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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