—Lytton.
He who would enjoy many friends, and live happy in this world, should be deaf, dumb, and blind to the follies and vices of it.
—Edward Moore.
Some of the firmest friendships have been contracted between persons of different dispositions, the mind being often pleased with those perfections which are new to it, and which it does not find among its own accomplishments.
—Budgell.
Old friends are the great blessing of one’s later years. Half a word conveys one’s meaning. They have a memory of the same events, and have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow old friends?