Friendship is a union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond there of virtue

Friendship . . . is an Union of Spirits, a Marriage of Hearts, and the Bond thereof Vertue.

Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.

Life has no pleasure higher or nobler than that of friendship

A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died; it was the triumph of hope over experience.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair. -Samuel Johnson.