You will forgive me, I hope, for the sake of the friendship between us, Which is too true and too sacred to be so easily broken.
Friendship, like love, is but a name, Unless to one you stint the flame.
I do not wish to see my friends as I run; I want to enjoy them in long draughts.
For affection, or the faintest imitation of it, a man should be obliged to his very dog. But for the gross assistance of patronage or purse, let him pause before accepting them from anyone.
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not.
Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
To thrust aside a virtuous friend, I consider as bad as to thrust away one’s own life, which one loves best.
He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.
Friendship is no respecter of sex; and perhaps it is more rare between the sexes, than between two of the same sex.
The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.
As in the fire the yellow gold is tried, So friendship’s faith can but be proved in time Of dark adversity.
I always avoid contention, but if it shall happen, I had rather lose my money than my friend.
There are three faithful friends--an old wife, an old dog and ready money.
No discovery of defect in a character essentially good can so dampen friendship as the suspicion that something is kept back.
Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship, since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters.
The dearest thing in nature is not comparable to the dearest thing of friendship.
There can never be deep peace between two spirits, never mutual respect, until, in their dialogue, each stands for the whole world.
The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him.
Friendship new is neither strong or pure.
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore, all hearts in love use their own tongues.
A friendship that makes the least noise is often the most useful; for which reason I should prefer a prudent friend to a zealous one.