I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people,
But never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness;
Some more, and some less; but, truly, all can claim a little:
And a man may travel through the world, and sow it thick with
friendships.
—Tupper.
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Love is the greatest of human affections, and friendship the noblest and most refined improvement of love.
—South.
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Love is flower-like;
Friendship is like a sheltering tree.
—S. T. Coleridge.
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Seek no friend to make him useful, for that is the negation of friendship; but seek him that you may be useful, for this is of friendship's essence.