Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
FRIENDSHIP, IGNORANCE VERY OFTEN CONTRIBUTES
Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.
FRIENDSHIP, NEVER LOSE A CHANCE TO MAKE THEM
Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.
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.
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Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.