Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
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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.
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A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
A single rose can be my garden
Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.