Thou dost conspire against thy friend, Iago,
If thou but think'st him wronged, and mak'st his ear
A stranger to thy thoughts.
Othello, Act iii. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
Friendship above all ties does bind the heart;
And faith in friendship is the noblest part.
King Henry V. EARL OF ORRERY.
Be kind to my remains; and O, defend,
Against your judgment, your departed friend!
Epistle to Congreve. J. DRYDEN.
O summer friendship,
Whose flattering leaves, that shadowed us in
Our prosperity, with the least gust drop off
In the autumn of adversity.
The Maid of Honor. P. MASSINGER.
Such is the use and noble end of friendship,
To bear a part in every storm of fate.
Generous Conqueror. B. HIGGONS.
Friendship, like love, is but a name,
Unless to one you stint the flame.
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'T is thus in friendships: who depend
On many, rarely find a friend.
Fables: The Hare and many Friends. J. GAY.
Like summer friends,
Flies of estate and sunneshine.
The Answer. G. HERBERT.
What the declined is
He shall as soon read in the eyes of others
As feel in his own fall; for men, like butterflies,
Show not their mealy wings but to the summer.
Troilus and Cressida, Act iii. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.