--_Horace Walpole_.

Of all the best things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the
best.

--_Owen Meredith_.

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Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

--_Publius Syrus_.

True friendship purifies and exalts. A friend may be a second
conscience.

--_J. Stalker_.

The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved,
loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite of ourselves.

--_Hugo_.

The fewer our friends become, the more let us love one another.

--_Benjamin Franklin_.

The surest bulwark against evil is that of friendship.

--_Yonge_.