“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.”
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.William Blake
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.