"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 "The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free." "There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance." "I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while." More In Friendship "It takes a long time to grow an old friend."― John Leonard "I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don’t trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen."― John Cusack "An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him."― Oscar Wilde