“Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time like to have a...”

“Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.”

“The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.”

“It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.”

“One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.”

“In politics a community of hatred is almost always the foundation of friendships.”

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”

“To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away”

“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief”

“It is a good thing to be rich it is a good thing to be strong but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.”

“Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).”

“A friend is a gift you give yourself.”