"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend." ― Henry David Thoreau Topic(s): Friendship Tags: friend More From Henry David Thoreau "Friends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams." "I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude." "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." More In Friendship "The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship."― E. W. Howe "Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing."― Sally Ride "Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy."― William Hazlitt