Friday, June 30, 2017

Friendship Improved Happiness


Friendship improved happiness,
and abates misery, by doubling our joy,
and dividing our grief.

~ Joseph Addison

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Friendship is the Most Worthy of Human Ties


Friendship is the most worthy of human ties.
A man loves his friend's soul, and
to do that he must have a soul himself.

~ Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Wishing To Be Friends is Quick Work


Wishing to be friends is quick work,
but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

~ Aristotle

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Friendship is Unnecessary


Friendship is unnecessary,
like philosophy, like art...
It has no survival value;
rather it is one of those things
that give value to survival.

~ C.S. Lewis

Monday, June 26, 2017

The Happiest Moments of My Life


The happiest memories of my life  have been the
few which I have passed at home in the bosom
of my family.

~ Thomas Jefferson

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Friendship Consists in Forgetting What One Gives

 

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives
and remembering what one receives.

~ Alexandre Dumas the Younger

Saturday, June 24, 2017

The Most I Can Do for My Friend


The most I can do for my friend
is simply be his friend.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Friday, June 23, 2017

Friendship is Always


Friendship is always
a sweet responsibility,
never an opportunity.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Thursday, June 22, 2017

I Want a Warm and Faithful Friend



I want a warm and faithful friend,
To cheer the adverse hour;
Who ne'er to flatter will descend,
Not bend the knee to power.
A friend to chide me when I'm wrong,
My inmost soul to see;
And that my friendship prove as strong
To him as his to me.

~ John Quincy Adams

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Friends, Books, A Cheerful Heart


Friends, books, a cheerful heart,
and conscience clear are the most
choice companions we have here.

~ William Mather

Monday, June 19, 2017

Nature Never Did Betray


Nature never did betray
the heart that loved her.

~ William Wordsworth

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Silences Make the Real Conversations


Silences make the real
conversations between friends.
Not the saying but the never
needing to say is what counts.

~ Anonymous

Friday, June 16, 2017

A True Friend Unbosoms Freely


A true friend unbosoms freely,
advises justly, assists readily,
adventures boldly, takes all patiently,
defends courageously, and continues
a friend unchangeably.

~ William Penn

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Reprove a Friend in Secret


Reprove a friend in secret,
but praise him before others.

~ Leonardo Da Vinci

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Those Who Love Deeply Never Grow Old


Those who love deeply never grow old;
they may die of old age, but they die young.

~ Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

The Beauty of the House is Order


The beauty of the house is order,
The blessing of the house is contentment,
The glory of the house is hospitality.

~ House Blessing

Monday, June 12, 2017

There is a Magic


There is a magic in
the memory of schoolboy friendships;
it softens the heart, and
even affects the nervous system
of those who have no heart.

~ Benjamin Disraeli

Sunday, June 11, 2017

Traveling in the Company


Traveling in the company
of those we love is home in motion.

~ Leigh Hunt

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Friday, June 9, 2017

For There is No Friend Like a Sister


For there is no friend like a sister
In calm of stormy weather;
To cheer one on the tedious way,
To fetch one if one goes astray,
To lift one if one totters down,
To strengthen whilst one stands.

~ Christina Rossetti

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Like Everyone Else


Like everyone else
I feel the need of relationships and friendship,
of affection, of friendly intercourse,
and I am not made of stone or iron,
so I cannot miss these things without feeling,
as does any other intelligent man,
 a void and deep need.
I tell you this to let you know
how much good your visit has done me.

~ Vincent Van Gogh

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Monday, June 5, 2017

A Man Must Get Friends


A man must get friends
as he would get food and drink for
nourishment and sustenance.

~ Randolph Silliman Bourne

Sunday, June 4, 2017

I No Doubt Deserved My Enemies


I no doubt deserved my enemies,
but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

~ Walt Whitman

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Friday, June 2, 2017

Let Me Live in A House


Let me live in a house
by the side of the road
and be a friend to man.

~ Sam Walter Foss

Thursday, June 1, 2017

There Was a Definite Process


There was a definite process
by which one made people into friends,
and it involved talking to them and
listening to them for hours at a time.

~ Rebecca West