--_Lyle_.

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The good man has the same relation to his friend as he has to himself.

--_Aristotle_.

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There is in friendship something of all relations and something above
them all. It is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all the world.

--_Evelyn_.

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To God be humble, and to thy friend be kind.

--_Dunbar_.

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The perfection of loving-kindness is to efface ourselves so thoroughly
that those we benefit shall not think themselves inferior to him who
benefits them.

--_Balzac_.