Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

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.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

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

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

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

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

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Between friends there is no need of justice.

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.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

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

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

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.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Real friends stab you in the front.

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...