The principal merit which should be required in our friends, is virtue : It is that which assures us they are capable of friendship, and worthy of it : expect nothing from your connections, when they have not this foundation.


An Essay on Friendship, 1732

Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles Quotes

The principal merit which should be required in our friends, is virtue : It is that which assures us they are capable of friendship, and worthy of it ...

The principal merit which should be required in our friends, is virtue : It is that which assures us they are capable of friendship, and worthy of it ...

The principal merit which should be required in our friends, is virtue : It is that which assures us they are capable of friendship, and worthy of it ...

The principal merit which should be required in our friends, is virtue : It is that which assures us they are capable of friendship, and worthy of it ...