Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.
Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.
The best mirror is an old friend.
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
You Too? I thought I was the only one.
Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
Hold a true friend with both your hands.
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
The children's book world has given me wonderful friendships and an unbelievably rich life.
I have some pretty wonderful friendships, so that's been really good for me. In the past year, I've really worked on that. I think when I was married, I let my friendships go. I think people thought, "Oh, because she's married now, she's so happy all the time." But I really was just isolated in my house.
Michael's Powell art director was a painter and they had a wonderful friendship and artistic understanding. Michael himself, in the way he designed his own house, it was always with bright colours. Very un-English!
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