Chapter FRIEND to FRUIT of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

FRIEND to FRUIT

FRIEND.—Friends I have made, whom envy must commend,
But not one foe whom I would wish a friend.

Churchill.—The Conference, Line 297.

Poor is the friendless master of a world:
A world in purchase for a friend is gain.

Young.—Night II. Line 572.

A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities.

Shakespeare.—Julius Cæsar, Act IV. Scene 3. (Cassius to Brutus.)

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not.

Proverbs.—Chap. XXVII. Verse 19.

Keep thy friend under thy own life’s key.

Shakespeare.—All’s Well that Ends Well, Act I. Scene 1. (The Countess to Bertram.)

If any touch my friend, or his good name,
It is my honour and my love to free His blasted fame
From the least spot or thought of blame.

George Herbert.—The Temple, Unkindness.

For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one’s own life, which one loves best.

Buckley’s Sophocles.—Œdipus Tyrannus, Page 22.

Whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received, must be a friend above all price.

Buckley’s Sophocles.—Philoctetes, Page 309.

What good man is not his own friend?

Buckley’s Sophocles.—Œdipus Colo., Page 64.

No friend’s a friend till he shall prove a friend.

Beaumont and Fletcher.—The Faithful Friends. Act III. Scene 3.

FRIENDSHIP.—To buy his favour I extend this friendship:
If he will take it, so; if not, adieu;
And, for my love, I pray you wrong me not.

Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act I. Scene 3. (Shylock to Antonio.)

Alike above your friendship or your hate,
Here, here I tower triumphant.

Dr. Dodd.—Thoughts in Prison, Second Week.

FRIENDSHIP.—Friendship by sweet reproof is shown
(A virtue never near a throne):
In courts such freedom must offend;
There none presumes to be a friend.

Gay.—Fable I. Line 9.

The dart that deepest to my bosom went,
Flew from the bow pretended friendship bent.

Robert Noyes.—Distress.