Part 24

--Bacon.

* * * * *

Nothing is more common than the name of friend; nothing is more rare than friendship.

--Phaedrus.

O, friendship! thou fond soother of the human breast, to thee we fly in every calamity.

--Goldsmith.

Of all felicities the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all our extremities.

--Seneca.

Old friends are the greatest blessings of one's later years.

--Horace Walpole.

Of all the best things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best.

--Owen Meredith.

* * * * *

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

--Publius Syrus.

True friendship purifies and exalts. A friend may be a second conscience.

--J. Stalker.

The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite of ourselves.

--Hugo.

The fewer our friends become, the more let us love one another.

--Benjamin Franklin.

The surest bulwark against evil is that of friendship.

--Yonge.

* * * * *

The years have taught some sweet, some bitter lessons-- none wiser than this: To spend in all things else, but of one's friends to be most miserly.

--James Russell Lowell.

The best mirror is an old friend.

--Tennyson.