A friend is one with whom we are fond of being when no business is afoot nor any entertainment contemplated. A man may well be silent with a friend.
David Grayson
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Adventures in Friendship, XIII, On Friendship; Complete sentence(s) from the author’s concluding essay. Entire chapter read; own prose rather than Whitman or Swedenborg quoted nearby. David Grayson is Ray Stannard Baker’s pen name. Public domain.
- Adventures in Friendship, XIII, On Friendship
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