Part 13

The dearest thing in nature is not comparable to the dearest thing of friendship.

--Jeremy Taylor

There can never be deep peace between two spirits, never mutual respect, until, in their dialogue, each stands for the whole world.

--Emerson

The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him.

--Henry D. Thoreau

Friendship new is neither strong or pure.

--Young

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore, all hearts in love use their own tongues.

--Shakespeare

A friendship that makes the least noise is often the most useful; for which reason I should prefer a prudent friend to a zealous one.

--Addison

A faithful friend is a true image of the Deity.

--Napoleon

O friend! O best of friends! Thy absence more Than the impending night darkens the landscape o’er!

--Longfellow

The place where two friends first met is sacred to them all through their friendship, all the more sacred as their friendship deepens and grows old.

--Phillips Brooks

Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.

--A. Bronson Alcott

We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. Maugre all the selfishness that chills like east-winds the world, the whole human family is bathed with an element of love like a fine ether.

--Emerson

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly.

--The Book of Proverbs

Friendship is the marriage of the soul.

--Voltaire

Some friendships are made by nature, some by contract, some by interest and some by souls.

--Jeremy Taylor