--_South_.

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Love is flower-like;
Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

--_S. T. Coleridge_.

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Seek no friend to make him useful, for that is the negation of
friendship; but seek him that you may be useful, for this is of
friendship's essence.

--_Wallace_.

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Much certainly of the happiness and purity of our lives depends on our
making a wise choice of our companions and friends. Many people seem to
trust in this matter to the chapter of accidents. It is well and right,
indeed, to be courteous and considerate to every one with whom one is
thrown in contact, but to choose them as real friends is another
matter.... If our friends are badly chosen they will inevitably drag us
down; if well they will raise us up.

--_Avebury_.