“Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar; Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. William Shakespeare
“I came to the place of my birth, and cried, “The friends of my youth, where are they?” And echo answered, “Where are they?”Anonymous: Early Miscellaneous
“Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use, and keep thy friend Under thy own life’s key: be check’d for silence, But never tax’d for speech. William Shakespeare