—John Morley
Of what use is the friendliest disposition even, if there are no hours given to Friendship, if it is forever postponed to unimportant duties and relations?
—Henry D. Thoreau
What is loving—that verb (amare) wherefrom the very name of friendship (amicitia) is derived—but wishing one to enjoy the best possible good fortune, even if none of it accrues to one’s self?
—Cicero
Even the utmost good-will and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.
—Henry D. Thoreau
Think of the importance of Friendship in the education of men. It will make a man honest; it will make him a hero; it will make him a saint. It is the state of the just dealing with the just, the magnanimous with the magnanimous, the sincere with the sincere, man with man.
—Henry D. Thoreau
The admirer is never stupid in the eyes of the admired.