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

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

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

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

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

The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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

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.

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

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

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

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.

Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

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