As ships meet at sea—a moment together, when words of greeting must be spoken, and then away upon the deep—so men meet in this world; and I think we should cross no man's path without hailing him, and if he needs, giving him supplies.
—H. W. Beecher.
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A friend is more necessary than either fire or water.
—Proverbs.
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A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.
—Lord Bolingbroke.
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A beloved friend does not fill one part of the soul, but, penetrating the whole, becomes connected with all feeling.