Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

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

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

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

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

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.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

Real friends stab you in the front.

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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