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

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.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

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

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.

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 multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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

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

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

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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

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.

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