OW were Friendship possible? In mutual devotedness to the Good and True; otherwise impossible; except as Armed Neutrality, or hollow Commercial League. A man, be the Heavens ever praised, is sufficient for himself; yet were ten men, united in Love, capable of being and doing what ten thousand singly would fail in. Infinite is the help man can yield to man, THE -Thomas Carlyle. HE first foundation of friendship is not the power of conferring benefits, but the equality with which they are received, and may be returned. IT -Junius. T is more disgraceful to distrust than to be deceived by our friends. -Rochefoucauld. ERE all thy fond endeavors vain To chase away the sufferers smart, Still hover near, lest absence pain His lonely heart. For friendship's tones have kindlier power -Sadi. IF F a man does not make new acquaintances as he passes through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. -Johnson. IRST of all things for friendship there must be that delightful, indefinable state called feeling at ease with your companion,-the one man, the one woman out of a multitude who interests you, who meets your thoughts and tastes. -Fulia Duhring. FRIENDSHIP based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades. A -Carmen Sylva. ND what is friendship but a name, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? -Goldsmith. |