--_Francis Bacon_.

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And thou, my friend, whose gentle love
Yet thrills my bosom's chords,
How much thy friendship was above
Description's power of words.

--_Lord Byron_.

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As friendship must be founded on mutual
esteem, it cannot long exist among
the vicious.
--_Horace Smith_.

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A friend is worth all the hazards we can run.

--_Edward Young_.

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A true friend is forever a friend.

--_George MacDonald_.