Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
The idle mind knows not what it wants.
A true friend is a friend when in difficulty
He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
How can life be worth living, if devoid Of the calm trust reposed by friend in friend? What sweeter joy than in the kindred soul, Whose converse differs not from self-communion?
A true friend is distinguished in the crisis of hazard and necessity; when the gallantry of his aid may show the worth of his soul and the loyalty of his heart.