Friendship Quotes - Page 59
'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.87
Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “Theological texts”
Song: Life By The Drop
SOREN KIERKEGAARD (1965). “THE LAST YEARS”
Shel Silverstein, “How Many, How Much”
A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 1755)
Robert Burns (1868). “Poems, Songs, and Letters: Being the Complete Works of Robert Burns”, p.66
Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.414
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
Titus Maccius Plautus (1852). “Comedies: Literally Translated Into English Prose, with Notes”, p.440