A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
~ William Penn
The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive.
~Anäis Nin
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.
~ Henry Wadsworth
