Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

Francis Quarles

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.

Thomas Jefferson

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If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

Thomas Fuller

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Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Socrates

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Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

George Washington

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True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Henry David Thoreau

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If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.