A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

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

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

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.

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

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

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.