“A true friend is forever a friend.”

— George MacDonald, The Marquis of Lossie (1877)

About George MacDonald

1824 – 1905

Scottish author and minister, known for fantasy novels and for the novel 'The Marquis of Lossie'.

“To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.”

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.”

“Afflictions are but the shadow of His wings.”

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”

“And such a friendship ends not but with life.”

“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.”

“Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.”

“Let love steal in disguised as friendship.”