“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”
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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends.