Part 20

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Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but, above all, the power of going out of one's self and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.

--Hughes.

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Cultivate the friendships of thy youth; it is only in that generous time they are formed.

--Thackeray.

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Companions I have enough, friends few.

--Pope.

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Friendship is steady and peaceful; not much jealousy, and no heartburnings. It strengthens with time, and survives the smallpox and a wooden leg. It doubles our joys, divides our griefs, and warms our lives with a steady flame.

--Reade.

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Friendship above all ties doth bind the heart, And Faith is Friendship in its noblest part.

--Earl of Orrey.

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Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world denied.

--Samuel Johnson.

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Friendship is a plant which cannot be forced. True friendship is no gourd, springing up in a night and withering in a day.

--Charlotte Bronte.

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Friendship always benefits, while love sometimes injures.

--Seneca.

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Friendship heightens all our affections. We, receive all the ardor of our friend in addition to our own. The communication of minds gives to each the fervor of each.

--Channing.

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