Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Izaak Walton

That which is everybody’s business is nobody’s business.

Izaak Walton · The source reads: “I remember that a wise friend of mine did usually say, “That which is everybody’s business is nobody’s business.”” · A saying of a wise friend, as Walton records it

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

Izaak Walton

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.

Izaak Walton · The Compleat Angler. Epistle to the Reader

More Friendship Quotes

A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure.

The Bible · Ecclesiasticus 6:14. From the Wisdom of Sirach in the Apocrypha.

Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.

Harry Burns · Billy Crystal's Harry in When Harry Met Sally... (1989) · Harry's thesis on the drive from Chicago to New York in 1977, which the rest of Nora Ephron's film sets out to disprove.

If you want to walk fast, walk alone; if you want to walk far, walk with others.

Given as an African proverb; its origin has never been traced.

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“Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.”

“That which is everybody’s business is nobody’s business.”

“I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.”

“Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.”

“A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure.”

“Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.”

“If you want to walk fast, walk alone; if you want to walk far, walk with others.”