Who said “True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of…”?

“No man is useless while he has a friend.”

“And say my glory was I had such friends.”

“Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.”

“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”

“To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two.”

“When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.”

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”

“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”

“'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.”

“Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.”

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”