Quotes
<< Prev Next >>
To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship
That friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but virtue of the same kind; not only the same end must be proposed but the same means must be approved by both
Men become friends by a community of pleasures
Life has no pleasure higher or nobler than that of friendship
Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair
The man with a host of friends who slaps on the back everybody he meets is regarded as the friend of nobody
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds
Search
On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays