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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Claude Mitchell Simpson (1972). “The American notebooks”, Ohio State Univ Pr

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Francesco Guicciardini (1890). “Counsels and Reflections of Francesco Guicciardini”

There is still no cure for the common birthday.

"Ohio's Sen. Glenn Won't Run Again In 1998" by Candy Crowley, www.cnn.com.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

William Hazlitt (1889). “William Hazlitt, Essayist and Critic: Selections from His Writings with a Memoir, Biographical and Critical”

A good thing never ends.

"Keeping up with the Stones" by Lindesay Irvine, www.theguardian.com. August 22, 2005.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. I. Official letters relating to the French war, and private letters before the American revolution: March, 1754-May, 1775”, p.413

It is not always people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.

Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.5, Random House