 Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off. Author: Francis de Sales |
| We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| Make not a bosom friend of a melancholy, sad soul. He will be sure to aggravate thine adversity and to lessen thy prosperity. He goes always heavily loaded, and thou must bear half. Author: Francois Fenelon |
| But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if divinely used. Give it plenty of air and it is sweet as the hawthorn; shut it up and it cankers and breeds worms. Author: George Macdonald |
| If, instead of a gem or even a flower, we could cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. Author: George Macdonald |
| A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. Author: George Washington |
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| Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company. Author: George Washington |
| Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. Author: George Washington |
| It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. Author: George Washington |
| True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. Author: George Washington |
| Actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. Author: George Washington |
| The best mirror is an old friend. Author: George Herbert |
