A friend you have to buy ...

A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.
 George D. Prentice

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It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.
 George D. Prentice
Gone! gone forever!-like a rushing wave Another year has burst upon the shore Of earthly being-and its last low tones, Wandering in broken accents in the air, Are dying to an echo.
 George D. Prentice
A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.
 George D. Prentice
Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser.
 George D. Prentice