"Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend."
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"There is flattery in friendship."
"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."
"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold."
"If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue."
"The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order."
"Friendship is Love without his wings!"
"A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends."
"When you learn to live for others, they will live for you."
"The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?"
"Your friend is your needs answered."
"A good friend is my nearest relation."
"Never have a companion that casts you in the shade."
"Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding."
"Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace."
"Where there is friendship, there is our natural soil."
"Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple."
"How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em."
"Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade."
"Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs."