Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
friendship, thinks, ought never, conceal
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
intimate, courteous, friendship
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
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