“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.”
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“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.”
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.”
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
“A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.”
“True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.”
“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”
“He who hath many friends hath none.”
“Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.”
“Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.”
“Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.”
“If you have one true friend you have more than your share.”
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”
“A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.”
“But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.”
“A friend is, as it were, a second self.”
“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.”
“Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.”
“Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.”
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”