Samuel Johnson Quotes about Friends
How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick.
In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 181 (1783)
An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.
Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi (2013). “Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: To Which Are Added Some Poems Never Before Printed”, p.326, Cambridge University Press