September 15

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. — Prov 18:24

Friendship is one of the cheapest and most accessible of pleasures; it requires no outlay and no very serious expenditure of time or trouble. It is quite easy to make friends, if one wants to… There is surely no greater pleasure in the world than to feel one is needed, welcomed, missed, and loved.
— Arthur C. Benson.

“Friendship is love without his wings.”
— William H. Taft (from Byron).

Without sympathy, in the highest sense of intellectual penetration, kindness may be a folly, and intended aid, oppression.
— John Ruskin.

Prayer

My Father, may I know the delight of true friendship which is responsive and sincere. May I never feel so secure in myself that I will cease to want friends, or be so dependent on others that I will be continually seeking them. May I understand the value of having a stanch friend and of being one. Amen.