सर्वथा सुकरं मित्रं दुष्करं प्रतिपालनम्। अनित्यत्वात् तु चित्तानां प्रीतिरल्पेऽपि भिद्यते॥
sarvathā sukaraṃ mitraṃ duṣkaraṃ pratipālanam| anityatvāt tu cittānāṃ prītiralpe'pi bhidyate||
English Meaning
It is easy to contract friendship but very difficult to sustain it; for owing to the fickleness of our minds, a very slight cause bring about separation.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)