"Those friends thou hast, and their adoption..." - Quote by William Shakespeare

“Prosperity's the very bond of love, Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together Affliction alters.”

“False face must hide what the false heart doth know.”

“I must be cruel, only to be kind.”

“These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests, comfort of the grass, Music of birds, murmur of little rills, Shadows of cloud that swiftly pass, And, after showers, The smell of flowers And of the good brown earth,- And best of all, along the way, friendship and mirth.”

“I consider myself to be just one among 7 billion human beings. If I were to think of myself as different from others, or as something special, it would create a barrier between us. What makes us the same is that we all want to lead happy lives and gather friends around us. And friendship is based on trust, honesty and openness.”

“I have shut my mind against nothing and I am a friend of Great Britain. I always have been. I have no axe to grind.”

“One can say this in general of men: they are ungrateful, disloyal, insincere and deceitful, timid of danger and avid of profit...Love is a bond of obligation that these miserable creatures break whenever it suits them to do so; but fear holds them fast by a dread of punishment that never passes.”

“What I have done is yours; what I have to do is yours; being part in all I have, devoted yours.”

“In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?”