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

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

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

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

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

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

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

Real friends stab you in the front.

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

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

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

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

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.

Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

Between friends there is no need of justice.

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

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.