"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love." ― Jane Austen Topic(s): Friendship More From Jane Austen "Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of." "There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." "We do not look in our great cities for our best morality." More In Friendship "False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports."― Richard Burton "If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own."― Charlotte Bronte "Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded."― Gertrude Stein