On Friendship ~

"You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends."  ~ Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)  Writer b. Ukraine.

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Amer. poet, essayist.

"He makes no friend who never made a foe." ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) Poet Laureate Great Britain & Ireland.

"Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship." ~ Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) Amer. writer.

"It is good to have some friends both in Heaven and in Hell." ~ George Herbert (1593-1633) English writer.

"Friends
to borrow my books
and set wet glasses on them."

~ Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) Amer. poet.