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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
Essays: First Series (Emerson) · 1841
One has a right to judge of a man by the effect he has over his friends.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · 1891
True happinesse Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth, and choice.
Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love · 1600