"The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language."
~ Henry David Thoreau
"A friend is one who takes me for what I am."
~ Henry David Thoreau
"One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then."
~ Henry David Thoreau
"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend."
~ Henry David Thoreau