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

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 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.

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

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

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

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

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

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

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.

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.

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

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

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

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

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

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

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

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.