Shakespeare help. plz

Question

" friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of love."

What does this mean?

Answer 1

The other answers are correct, except I don’t think that 'office' refers to the workplace at all, I think it is more correct to read it as 'office and affairs' rather than 'office' and 'affairs of love'. The 'office' in question is that of Love. Therefore, the quote is simply saying that you can remain friends through anything except when it comes to love.

Answer 2

You can't be friends in business or with lovers.

Answer 3

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots

Answer 4

You can count on friendship except when it comes to people you work with or are lovers with.