The Commonplace Book

"A friend is a second self."

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures."

"A true friend is one soul in two bodies."

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival."

"The language of friendship is not words but meanings."

"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."

"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us."

"I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better."

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

"Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant."

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit."