Part 4 (1/2)

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, But he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

_Oriental Proverb_

Nor scour the seas, nor sift mankind, A poet or a friend to find; Behold, he watches at the door, Behold his shadow on the floor.

_Emerson_

A friend who will not despise us for our weakness, nor disown us for our sinfulness, nor tire of us for being troublesome, nor scoff at us for our sensibility, but who will patiently hear our tale, fully understand our regret, tenderly recognise our stumbling-blocks, and be honest enough to tell us the truth, cost us what it may--oh, do you not see what a real help he might be to us.

_Bishop Thorold_

A friend Welded into our life is more to us Than twice five thousand kinsmen, one in blood.

_Euripides_

I used to think that friends.h.i.+p meant happiness: I have learnt that it means discipline.

_Anna R. Brown_

Dear is my friend--yet from my foe, as from my friend comes good: My friend shows what I can do, and my foe what I should.

_Schiller_

We can live without a brother, but not without a friend.

_German Proverb_

Love is flower-like; Friends.h.i.+p is like a sheltering tree.

_Coleridge_

You shall perceive how you mistake my fortunes; I am wealthy in my friends.

_Shakespeare_

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.

_Ecclesiasticus_

”I know and esteem you, and feel that your nature is n.o.ble, Lifting mine up to a higher, a more ethereal level, Therefore I value your friends.h.i.+p.”

_Longfellow_

Disinterestedness of Friends.h.i.+p