Love Must Be Learned

Love must be learned,

and learned again and again;

there is no end to it.

~ Katherine Anne Porter

Guard Within Yourself

Guard within yourself that treasure, kindness.

Know how to give without hesitation,

how to lose without regret,

how to acquire without meanness.

Know how to replace in your heart,

by the happiness of those you love,

the happiness that may be wanting to yourself.

~ George Sand

There's Nothing Worth the Wear

There's nothing worth the wear of winning,

But laughter and the love of friends.

~ Hillaire Belloc

The Bird

The bird a nest, the spider a web,

man friendship.

~ William Blake

Happiness

Happiness seems made to be shared.

~ Jean Racine

The Test of Friendship

The test of friendship is assistance in adversity,

and that, too, unconditional assistance.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

The Loss of a Beloved

The loss of a beloved deserving friend

is the hardest trial of philosophy.

~ Mary Wortley Motague

Above Our Life

Above our life we love a steadfast friend.

~ Christopher Marlowe

Time Draweth Wrinkles

Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face,

but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend,

which neither heat nor cold,

nor misery, nor place,

nor destiny, can alter or diminish.

~ John Lyly

The Happiest Moments

The happiest moments my head knows

are those in which it is pouring forth

its affections to a few esteemed characters.

~ Thomas Jefferson

Friendship is a Union

Friendship is a union of spirits, a marriage
of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue.

~ William Penn

A Real Friend

A real friend is the one who walks in
when the rest of the world walks out.

~ Walter Winchell

The Only Way

The only way

to have a friend

is to be one.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friendship is Love

Friendship is love with understanding.

~ Ancient Proverb

A Friend is A Present

A friend is a present which you give yourself.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson