My Quote Collection.

"Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake." - William Blake, sent in by Lauren

"Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art."- Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616) Spanish novelist.

"Have no friends not equal to yourself."- Confucious (551 - 497 BC) Chinese philosopher.

"Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends."- Jacques Delille (1738 - 1813) French poet.

"A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) US poet & essayist.

"Keep your friendships in repair."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (as above)

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair."- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) British lexiographer.

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice."- Samuel Johnston, (as above)

"It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them."- Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680) French writer.

"If it is abuse - why one is always sure to here of it from one damned good-natured friend or other!"- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816) British dramatist.

"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."- George Washington (1732 - 1799) US Statesman.

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."- George Washington, (as above)

"I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination."- George Washington, (as above)

"Should auld aquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min'?" - Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) Scottish poet.

"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us."- Epicurus (341 - 270 BC) Greek philosopher.

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

"These are called the pious frauds of friendship."- Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754) British novelist