Sayings about friendship; with some reflections thereon. An unphilosophical essay, by the author of 'What my thoughts are'.

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Strana 31 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Strana 24 - For there is no man, that imparteth his joys to his friend, but he joyeth the more ; and no man, that imparteth his griefs to his friend, but he grieveth the less. So that it is, in truth of operation upon a man's mind, of like virtue...
Strana 139 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we.
Strana 101 - A faithful friend is the medicine of life; and they that fear the Lord shall find him. Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright; for as he is, so shall his neighbour (that is, his friend) be also.
Strana 80 - It soon becomes a very small part of that profound and complicated sentiment, which we call Love, which is rather the universal thirst for a communion not merely of the senses, but of our whole nature, intellectual, imaginative and sensitive...
Strana 22 - If thou wouldst get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to credit him. For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
Strana 23 - Tully was the first who observed, that friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and dividing of our grief...
Strana 22 - ... trouble. And there is a friend who being turned to enmity and strife, will discover thy reproach.' Again, * Some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction : but in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants.
Strana 70 - Woe, yet not long — she lingered but to trace Thine image from the image in her breast, Once, once again to see that buried face But smile upon her, ere she went to rest. Too sad a smile ! its living light was o'er — It answered hers no more. ' The earth grew silent when thy voice departed, The home too lonely whence thy step had fled — What then was left for her, the faithful-hearted ? — Death, death, to still the yearning for the dead.
Strana 100 - God : and he that does a base thing in zeal for his friend, burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together ; it is a conspiracy, but no longer friendship.

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