"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you." -Elbert Hubbard

"Friends are like melons; shall I tell you why? To find one good you must one hundred try." -Claude Mermet

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same." -Anonymous

"A friend loves at all times." -T[b]he Bible: Proverbs 17, 17.[/b]

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures." -Kahil Gibran



"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." -Walter Winchell

"A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails." -Anonymous

"A faithful friend is the medicine of life." -Apocrypha

"Count your age with friends but not with years." -Anonymous

"Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness." -Lois L. Kaufman



"No man is useless while he has a friend." -Robert Louis Stevenson

"A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else." -Len Wein

"Good friends are good for your health." -Irwin Sarason

"A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!" -Doug Larson



The three grand essentials
to happiness in life are:

something to do,

something to love,

and something to hope for.



Thank you for giving me:

a reason to care,

your open heart to love,

and the hope of another day
filled with your brilliant smile.