Love

Love is best.

~ Robert Browning

The Thread of Our Life

The thread of our life would be dark.

Heaven knows!

If it were not for friendship and love intertwin'd.

~ Thomas Moore

There Was Nothing Remote

There was nothing remote or mysterious here ---

only something private.

The only secret was the ancient communication

between two people.

~ Eudora Westy

Friendship

Friendship is a word

the very sight of which in print

makes the heart warm.

~ Augustine Birrell

Fame

Fame is the scentless sunflower,

with gaudy crown of gold;

But friendship is the breathing rose,

with sweets in every fold.

~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

But Every Road

But every road is rough to me

that has no friend to cheer it.

~ Elizabeth Shane

Friendship

Friendship

is the marriage if the soul.

~ Voltaire

For Whoever Knows

For whoever knows how to

return a kindness he has received

must be a friend above all price.

~ Sophocles

Friendship is a Strong and Habitual Inclination

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination

in two persons to promote the good and

happiness of one another.

~ Eustace Budgell

We Have Been Friends Together

We have been friends together

In sunshine and shade.

~ Caroline Norton

If You Have a Friend

If you have a friend worth loving, love him. 

Yes, and let him know that you love him, 

ere life's evening tinge his brow with sunset glow. 

Why should good words ne'er be said of a friend -- 

till he is dead?

 ~ Anonymous

Small Cheer

Small cheer and great welcome makes

a merry feast.

~ William Shakespeare

A Friend is a Person

A friend is a person

with whom I may be sincere.

Before him I may think aloud.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of All the Things

Of all the things

which wisdom provides

to make life entirely happy,

much the greatest

is the possession

of friendship.

~ Epicurus

There is No Possession

There is no possession

more valuable than

a good and faithful friend.

~ Socrates

If a Man Does Not Make New Acquaintances

If a man does not make

new acquaintances

as he advance through life,

He will soon find himself left alone.

A man, sir, should keep his

friendship in a constant repair.

~ Samuel Johnson

The Better Part of One's Life

The better part of one's life consists of his

friendships.

~ Abraham Lincoln

An Acquaintance

An acquaintance that

begins with a compliment

is sure to develop

into a real friendship.

~ Oscar Wilde

If You Would Be Loved

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

~ Benjamin Franklin

There's Rosemary

There's rosemary, that's for remembrance:
pray you, love, remember.

~ William Shakespeare

I Never Met

I never met a man I didn't like.

~ Will Rogers

A True Friend

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings.

~ Duc de la Rochefoucauld

And the Song from Beginning to End

And the song. from beginning to end,
I found in the heart of a friend.

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Be Slow in Choosing a Friend

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

~ Benjamin Franklin

Music is Love

Music is love in search of a friend.

~ Sidney Lanier

Be Courteous to All

Be courteous to all,

but intimate with few,

and let those few be well tried

before you give them your confidence.

True friendship is a plant

of slow growth,

and must undergo

and withstand

the shocks of adversity before it is

entitled to the appellation.

~ George Washington

Business, You Know

Business, you know, may bring money,

but friendship hardly ever does.

~ Jane Austen

The Heart

The heart never becomes wrinkled.

~ Mme. de Sevigne

When the Sun Shines on You

When the sun shines on you,

you see your friends.

Friends are the thermometers

by which one may judge

the temperature of our fortunes.

~ Countess of Blessington

Life is Nothing

Life is nothing without friendship.

~ Cicero