The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
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A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
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