
“The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
Letter to Joseph Gillespie http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln2/1:88.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltext (13 July 1849)
1840s
“The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 263
K 48
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook K (1789-1793)
“Friendship's the wine of life; but friendship new
(Not such was his) is neither strong nor pure.”
Source: Night-Thoughts (1742–1745), Night II, Line 582.
“Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better.”
Source: North of Beautiful
"Friendships"
Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)
“Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say.”
“A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 66.