contract. friendship, better
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
intimate, courteous, friendship
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
FRIENDSHIP, WISHING TO BE FRIENDS IS QUICK WORK
Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
FRIENDSHIP, FRIENDSHIP IMPROVES HAPPINESS
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
