@      Absence sharpens love, presence strengths it.---Bayly

@      A hedge between keeps friendship green.---Charles

@      Common ideas and feelings produce friendship.---Democritus 德谟克里特

@      He who is the most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it.---Rousseau 卢梭

@      Old wood is best to burn. Old win to drink. Old friends to trust, and old authors to read.---Bacon