It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.
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Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
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Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
FRIENDSHIP, ONE FRIEND THAT HE IS SUPERIOR TO OTHER
Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
loving your enemies, treat, friends, friendship, little better
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.