~ A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of a friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and indeed, all the sweets of life. ~

~ Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. ~

~ Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. ~

~ The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a life long experience of the greatest value to themselves and to all their circle of acquaintance and of activity; but for this type of friendship both a rare man and a rare woman are needed. Perhaps it should be added that either the man or the woman thus deeply bound in lifelong friendship who seeks marriage must find a still rarer man or woman to wed, to make such a three cornered comradeship a permanent success. ~

~ If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. ~

~ A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring ~

~ Make books your companions; let your bookshelves be your gardens; bask in their beauty, gather their fruit, pluck their roses, take their spices and myrrh. ~

~ "Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. ~

~ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. ~

~ To find a friend one must close one eye; To keep him, two. ~

~ The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. ~

~ We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend. ~

~ A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. ~

~ No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. ~

~ Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. ~