Old Friends

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
William Somerset Maugham

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
John Leonard

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow