Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged. [Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut amicitia munus expletum sit.]

Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief

Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties.