Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
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.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
I'm so happy. Cause today I found my friends.They're in my head.
If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
Between friends there is no need of justice.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
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.
True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
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.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
