Dave's friends

"Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art."

Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616) Spanish novelist.

"Have no friends not equal to yourself."

Confucious (551 - 497 BC) Chinese philosopher.

"Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends." Jacques Delille (1738 - 1813) French poet.

"A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature."
"Keep your friendships in repair"

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair."

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice."

- Samuel Johnston

"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."

- George Washington

"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us." - Epicurus (341 - 270 BC) Greek philosopher.
"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

- Euripides, Greek playwrite

I thought these quotes on friendship were so good and many of them spot on especially as they apply to the friends of our son Dave.

Last Saturday Dave invited his friends over to our house for a BBQ. He met all but one of these guys his freshman year living in the Deseret Tower dorms. They are such wonderful young men! They have roomed together all through their BYU experience until they got married. We have enjoyed getting to know them over the years and we have had them over for Sunday dinner many times. That's been one of the great opportunities we've had living in the same city where our kids have gone to college - we've been able to get to know all their wonderful friends. Now they are finishing school and going on with life. One is headed to medical school, one to get his MAc and another to law school. One is getting his teaching certificate to teach Health and coach, one is studying exercise science and Dave will head to grad school in about a year. They are funny, sarcastic, sports fanatics, well grounded, motivated and good young men. Three are married so far to wonderful women and they are all returned missionaries. Danny, Garret, Bryan, Kyle, Erick and Dave we wish you all the best. Oh, and they play a mean game of volleyball. They had so much fun they've scheduled another time in August to meet again before everyone heads out.