“I, whom proof hath taught of late How so far only should we hate our foes As though we soon might love them, and so far Do a friend service as to one most like Someday to prove our foe, since oftenest men In friendship but a faithless haven find. Sophocles
“To let friendship die away by negligence and silence, is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage.Samuel Johnson
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Fitz-Greene Halleck
“Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.John Selden
“John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonie brow was brent; But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snaw, But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo! Robert Burns