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.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone…
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company.
Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that. – Francis Bacon
Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that.
My friends are my estate. – Emily Dickinson
My friends are my estate.
Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the…
Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something…
When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
Trouble shared is trouble halved. – Dorothy Sayers
Trouble shared is trouble halved.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by…
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep, for my shadow in the pool can do…
I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep, for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them. – Charles…
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them.
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship – never. – Charles Caleb Colton
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship – never.
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