From the heart of a friend

by Unknown

To turn in here from cold and wet!

—Constable.

’Tis as hard to be a good fellow, a good friend, and a lover of women, as ’tis to be a good fellow, and a good friend, and a lover of money.

—Wycherley.

Two people cannot strike hands together, unless with a feeling of disagreeable resolve, and not gain something; perhaps the most treasured influence of their lives.

—Unknown.

One friend of tried value is better than many of no account.