Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
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.
Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Friends are nothing but a known enemy
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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.
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.