In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
FRIENDSHIP, IGNORANCE VERY OFTEN CONTRIBUTES
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
friendship, knowledge, ignorance
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.
Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
FRIENDSHIP, DEPEND ON THE LENGTH OF ACQUAINTANCE
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.