Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.