Friendship Improved Happiness

Friendship improved happiness,

and abates misery, by doubling our joy,

and dividing our grief.

~ Joseph Addison

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

Wishing To Be Friends is Quick Work

Wishing to be friends is quick work,

but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

~ Aristotle

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

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

Friendship Consists in Forgetting What One Gives

 

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives

and remembering what one receives.

~ Alexandre Dumas the Younger

The Most I Can Do for My Friend

The most I can do for my friend

is simply be his friend.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Friendship is Always

Friendship is always

a sweet responsibility,

never an opportunity.

~ Henry David Thoreau

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

Good Company In a Journey Makes the Way

Good company in a journey makes the way

to seem the shorter.

~ Izaak Walton

Friends, Books, A Cheerful Heart

Friends, books, a cheerful heart,

and conscience clear are the most

choice companions we have here.

~ William Mather

Nature Never Did Betray

Nature never did betray

the heart that loved her.

~ William Wordsworth

Friendship's the Wine of Life

Friendship's the wine of life.

~ Edward Young

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

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

Reprove a Friend in Secret

Reprove a friend in secret,

but praise him before others.

~ Leonardo Da Vinci

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

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

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

Traveling in the Company

Traveling in the company

of those we love is home in motion.

~ Leigh Hunt

I Would Be Friends With You

I would be friends with you

and have your love.

~ William Shakespeare

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

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

A Friend May Well Be Reckoned the Masterpiece

 

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece
of nature.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hold a True Friend with Both Your Hands

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

~ Nigerian Proverb

A Man Must Get Friends

A man must get friends

as he would get food and drink for

nourishment and sustenance.

~ Randolph Silliman Bourne

I No Doubt Deserved My Enemies

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

~ Walt Whitman

A Friend in Need

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

 ~ English Proverb

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

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