Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.
Alexander Pope
Friendship
A quote by Alexander Pope
From the source
Epistle to Mr. Addison. Line 67.
Recorded in John Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, 1905 printing.